Reports Tagged: BOC

January 23, 2025

With the threat of US tariffs looming, the Bank of Canada (BOC) is poised to keep easing from its first meeting this year on January 29 and follow with additional

January 07, 2025

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation will keep a dovish lean to Bank of Canada (BOC) monetary policy this year as it looks to prevent the current economic slowdown from

December 06, 2024

The Bank of Canada (BOC) is tilting toward another 50-basis-point rate cut next week after the latest unemployment data saw a large jump in the unemployment rate, reflecting downside momentum

November 18, 2024

With an eye on the heavy mortgage burden on Canadians, the Bank of Canada (BOC) is tilted toward more easing into next year and while another 25 bps cut is

October 16, 2024

Broad slowing in Canada’s inflation has opened the door for the Bank of Canada (BOC) to cut rates by as much as 50 basis points at its upcoming meeting. The

September 04, 2024

Looking to soft-land its sagging economy, the Bank of Canada (BOC) cut its key policy rate another 25 basis points today and said it plans more easing which could include

August 20, 2024

Canada’s latest inflation data has flung open the door for the Bank of Canada (BOC) to cut rates by 25 bps in September for a third consecutive meeting, diverging further

July 16, 2024

Canada’s June inflation data has cleared the way for a second rate cut by the Bank of Canada (BOC) to 4.5%, when it meets next week and updates its quarterly

June 05, 2024

With increased confidence its restrictive monetary policy is pushing down inflation, the Bank of Canada (BOC), as we had been expecting, cut rates 25 bps to 4.75% today and set

April 10, 2024

Progress on the next two Canada inflation readings will likely be enough to convince the Bank of Canada (BOC) to cut rates at its June 5 meeting, in the first

April 04, 2024

Sticky inflation expectations coupled with still robust employment growth may have pushed out the Bank of Canada’s (BOC) timing for a first interest rate cut but likely only by a

January 29, 2024

When the Bank of Canada (BOC) held rates at 5% for a fourth consecutive meeting and turned away from its hiking bias last week, Governor Tiff Macklem all but declared

December 05, 2023

With Governor Tiff Macklem having all but declared the peak in the Bank of Canada’s (BOC) hiking cycle, this week’s meeting will hold rates at 5% and likely pivot to

October 24, 2023

With Canadian activity sliding and the Bank of Canada (BOC) winning its tenacious campaign to wrestle inflation back toward its 2% target, it can afford to hold its policy rate

August 31, 2023

The Canadian and Australian central banks, either finishing out or done with tightening, are turning their attention to how to fend off growing speculation that rate cuts will be brought

July 06, 2023

Forced to resume rate hikes after stopping too soon, two central banks are once again trying to slow the pace of their final moves but they’re not done yet. After

May 22, 2023

The latest Canadian inflation report may not yet have pulled the Bank of Canada (BOC) from the sidelines to resume tightening but by the time of the June 7 policy

April 04, 2023

The Bank of Canada (BOC) is set to hold its key overnight cash rate at 4.5% when it next meets on April 12 after it paused its tightening cycle March

March 06, 2023

For all the political blowback on Governor Tiff Macklem during his bid to wrestle inflation lower, the Bank of Canada (BOC) finally appears to be catching a break. The BOC

January 11, 2023

With a recession looming, some on the Governing Council at the Bank of Canada (BOC) thought the 50 basis points hike they delivered in December could have been the last