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Canada needs higher interest rates to cool inflation: Bank of ... (Globalnews.ca)

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the country needs higher interest rates to dampen spending growth so demand does not run ahead of supply and ...

Macklem says the bank’s benchmark rate will have to go higher still. “But tighter monetary policy is necessary to lower the parts of inflation that are driven by domestic demand.” Those prices are now climbing higher linked to the uncertainty created by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. “This broadening in price pressures is a big concern. What has followed is an economic recovery. He says the country needs higher interest rates to dampen spending growth so that demand does not run significantly ahead of supply and further fuel already high inflation rates.

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Bank Of Canada Increases Its Key Interest Rate (101.5 The Hawk)

The Bank of Canada has increased its key interest rate for the first time since March 2020. The key interest rate will go from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 pe...

Demand is robust, particularly in the United States. Global supply bottlenecks remain challenging, although there are indications that some constraints have eased,” reads the Bank of Canada statement. The key interest rate will go from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank of Canada has increased its key interest rate for the first time since March 2020.

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Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate for first time since pandemic ... (Cranbrook Townsman)

Central bank increases key rate by a quarter of a percentage point in bid to help fight inflation.

In making its announcement, the Bank of Canada said it expects inflation to be higher in the near-term than previously thought. What followed were two more rate cuts in March 2020 that brought the key policy rate to 0.25 per cent. “Every single basis point matters to somebody out there,” Porter said. “These are the types of inflationary pressures that the Bank of Canada can contain with increasing its interest rates and that’s what it’s trying to do,” Mendes said. It was two years ago this week that the Bank of Canada first cut its key policy rate to get ahead of economic fallout from the emerging novel coronavirus crisis. The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate for the first time since slashing the benchmark rate to near-zero at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to tackle inflation rates that are likely to keep rising from their current three-decade high.

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Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate to 0.5%, major banks follow ... (CityNews)

Last Updated Mar 2, 2022, 5:02PM EST. Numerous Canadian banks said Wednesday that they are increasing their prime interest rate by 25 basis points following the ...

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Bank of Canada raises overnight rate to 0.5% — first hike in years ... (Toronto Star)

Rate hikes will mean higher monthly costs for anyone carrying debt, but the central bank would have to raise rates by a full percentage point before there ...

“Every single basis point matters to somebody out there,” Porter said. “This is the type of thing that sneaks up on households. With payments going up, and inflation still high, it’s a double whammy for households,” said Bolduc. So they’re doing this.” According to LowestRates.ca’s mortgage payment calculator, the same mortgage with a 25 basis point rate increase sees the estimated payment rise to $3,942, an increase of $114 per month or $1,368 per year. Households will feel this,” said Bolduc, a senior vice-president at BDO Canada.

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