1/13/2021 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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Money markets see an increased chance of the Bank of Canada cutting interest rates closer to zero, as tightening economic restrictions to contain a second wave of COVID-19 ... More

12/11/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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Bank says it could go lower than 0.25%, but remains deeply skeptical of negative interest rates
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12/9/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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In today’s policy announcement, the Bank of Canada stood by its pledge to hold its key overnight interest rate at 0.25%.
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10/28/2020 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada held the rate steady at 0.25 per cent and said the country’s economy won’t fully absorb slack in the economy before 2023, suggesting it will ... More

9/9/2020 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada reiterated its pledge to keep interest rates at historic lows for years to come, but dialed back its willingness to take even more aggressive action and said ... More

7/15/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent.
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6/3/2020 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.25 per cent on Wednesday and said it thinks the economic impact of COVID-19 on the world's economy ... More

5/24/2020 | Posted in Home Buyers by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada is set to reduce its qualifying rate ten basis points, from 5.04 to 4.94 percent according a new report.
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3/27/2020 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada is cutting its key interest target by half a percentage point to 0.25 per cent in an unscheduled rate announcement.
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3/17/2020 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Big Six banks are slashing their prime lending rates 50 basis points to 2.95 per cent from 3.45 per cent in response to the plunge in the benchmark Bank of Canada interest ... More

3/4/2020 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada today lowered its target for the overnight rate by 50 basis points to 1 ¼ percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 ½ percent and the deposit ... More

3/2/2020 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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Just a few days before the Bank of Canada’s March 4 meeting, the Monetary Policy Council of the C.D. Howe Institute called on the institution to lower its benchmark ... More

2/19/2020 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has announced that it is considering a new benchmark rate to determine the minimum qualifying rate for ... More

1/22/2020 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada held interest rates steady but expressed heightened concern about a slowing economy.
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12/31/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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TD economists says the cost of servicing debts should ease early in 2020
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12/5/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate on hold as expected at 1.75 per cent where it has been for more than a year as it said Wednesday that ongoing trade conflicts and ... More

11/29/2019 | Posted in Mortgage Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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Scotiabank now sees the Bank of Canada lowering its benchmark interest rate at the beginning of 2020 instead of at the central bank’s next meeting.
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10/30/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada (BoC) announced today that it would keep the overnight rate at 1.75%.
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9/4/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada resisted pressure from investors by declining to signal it will soon follow global peers in easing monetary policy.
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8/20/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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A slowing economy and growing trade tensions suggest a cut will happen more quickly than currently accounted for, Macquarie economist says.
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7/10/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada is keeping its trend-setting interest rate steady at 1.75 per cent in a decision widely expected by economists.
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7/3/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada will start cutting its key lending rate in October as annual economic growth slows to one per cent in 2020, according to Capital Economics.
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6/20/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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Canadian inflation quickened in May on increases across all eight major components, giving the Bank of Canada plenty of scope to hold ... More

5/29/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate.
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5/27/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada will make its May interest rate decision Wednesday but it’s unlikely there will be a change according to a panel of experts.
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5/21/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said he sees the slowdown in Canada’s economy as temporary and that interest rates will likely go up – he just doesn’t ... More

4/24/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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Bank of Canada keeps rates steady, cuts language about future hikes.
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4/3/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada is likely to stand pat on interest rates for the remainder of this year and well into 2020, according to the chief economist of BMO Financial Group.
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4/2/2019 | Posted in Canadian Economy and Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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Poloz's optimism Monday about the future could ease speculation the central bank could lower rates.
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3/15/2019 | Posted in Interest Rates by Forest Hill Real Estate Signature
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The Bank of Canada will likely hold off raising interest rates through all of 2020, and could even cut rates later this year, according to TD Securities’ senior rates ... More
