Bank of Canada would need to hike interest rates by up to 1.25% in full-blown tariff war, warns OECD
Canada’s economy may have ended 2024 on a high note, but that could all be undone as world trade is upended by Donald Trump’s ...
Bank of Canada could cut interest rate to 2.75% on Wednesday
The Bank of Canada (BoC) brought its key interest rate down by 0.25 per cent to three per cent in 2025's first update in ...
Canada’s inflation hits 2.6%, raising fears of economic strain
Canada's annual inflation rate unexpectedly rose to 2.6% in February, surpassing projections and indicating a drastic change ...
Bank of Canada's job just got 'even harder': Economists on the latest inflation numbers
The “upside surprise makes the Bank of Canada’s job even harder,” Stephen Brown, deputy chief North America economist at Capital Economics Ltd., said in a note. He said the inflation numbers cast ...
Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, but forecasts future cuts
The Federal Reserve was widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, at the conclusion of its March ...
Annual rate of inflation accelerates sharply to 2.6% in February as tax break ends
The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government's temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.