The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday amid signs that inflation is easing, with Gov. Tiff Macklem to speak about the decision in a media availability on Wednesday morning.
The central bank’s policy rate, which informs lending rates on key products like Canadian mortgages, remains at 5.0 per cent for the sixth straight decision.
The hold was widely expected by economists amid signs price pressures are easing, growth in the economy has stalled and the once-tight labour market is softening.
The Bank of Canada’s rate tightening cycle began more than two years ago in an effort to rein in decades-high levels of inflation.
Annual inflation has since cooled significantly, last coming in at 2.8 per cent in February. That’s within the Bank of Canada’s target range of one-to-three per cent, but the central bank has maintained it won’t ease its policy rate until its confident price pressures will continue to decline all the way back to two per cent.
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When you don’t know what to do .. I guess you do nothing
People spend more because inflation makes them spend more
As the Canadian dollar tanks after the CPI and inflation report out of America today Tiff better get a clue and have second thoughts about any premature rate cuts.
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Inflation in the U.S. is going up.