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With interest rates set to keep rising, the Bank of Canada is sounding the alarm on the risk record high house prices and an increasing number of households ...

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The FSR is our annual assessment of the key vulnerabilities of and risks to the Canadian financial system. Our goal in identifying these is to help households, ...

The Canadian financial system remains resilient, but vulnerabilities have become more complex and risks have grown. It’s a very comprehensive report and offers just a snapshot of the work we do on financial stability all year long. Let me conclude by underlining that vulnerabilities are best thought of as weaknesses in the financial system. And recently, some stablecoins—a type of cryptocurrency—have failed to deliver on their promise of stability. The war has also further added to the level of uncertainty around the transition to a low-carbon economy. Given the interconnected nature of financial markets, the impact of a successful cyber attack on one institution could spread to the broader financial system. What we see is that, even as the average household is in better financial shape, more Canadians have stretched to buy a house during the pandemic. If the economy slowed sharply and unemployment rose considerably, the combination of more highly indebted Canadians and high house prices could amplify the downturn. And our models suggest that the most highly indebted households saw only a small increase in their liquid assets in that time. Our goal in identifying these is to help households, the private sector, financial authorities and governments take actions to reduce them. Just under half own their home outright, and the rest have a mortgage. So this is a good time to discuss existing and emerging vulnerabilities and risks.

The Bank of Canada's annual financial system review comes as decades-high inflation rates are straining deeply indebted households after a run-up in the ...

The financial review noted that Canada’s banking industry could weather a downturn in both the housing market and overall economy. The bank has indicated, and Macklem repeated Thursday, that it may have to move its key interest rate to upwards of three per cent to bring inflation back on target. Higher mortgage servicing costs mean less money to spend elsewhere which could have a negative hit on the overall economy, the report noted. However, those with variable-rate mortgages would face even larger increases with a median increase of $720 or 44 per cent in their monthly payment at renewal. But the key challenge for the bank remains high inflation rates, which Macklem said the bank hopes to reduce without pushing the economy into a recession despite the increased complexity of the challenges. The Bank of Canada noted in its review that other vulnerabilities to the financial system include cyber threats given the interconnected nature of the financial system, a risk that has increased from Russian aggression related to its invasion of Ukraine.