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A trend in interest rates Interest rates in Canada have declined gradually since the 1980s. Chart 1 plots the interest rate that the Government of Canada pays to borrow for a period of 10 years. This ...

President Donald Trump on Monday continued his extended attack against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the central bank’s Board of Governors, calling for ultra-low rates in an intensifying ...

Last fall, the federal government announced it would lower immigration targets after criticism of the impact of strong population growth on housing availability and affordability. A chart that spread ...

The Bank of Canada cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday. It's the first cut since the bank launched a historic hiking cycle to combat inflation in March 2022. The ...

Join the conversation The Bank of Canada building in Ottawa. Photo by David Kawai / Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Bank of Canada officials said it would be tough to cut the policy interest rate further if ...

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Canada experienced an unprecedented immigration boom after the pandemic, which caused a record housing shortage. As a result, ...

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Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady at 2.75 per cent for the second time in a row earlier this month.

The Bank was quite aggressive in its rate cuts at the end of 2024, so it may be a little more tempered in its approach in 2025. Fixed mortgage rates are trickier to read since they’re based on ...