Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement January 2012
The Bank of Canada has announced that the key interest rate will remain at 1.00% This comes as no surprise as no rate hikes or cuts were anticipated by the vast majority of analysts and financial writers.
Mortgage rates however, may be on the decrease due to cheap bonds.
“A strong international demand for bonds from Canada’s biggest banks is trickling through the system and pushing mortgage rates to record lows at the consumer level.
The Bank of Montreal moved its five-year fixed mortgage rate to 2.99 per cent late Thursday — the lowest posted rate from a major bank in Canadian history.”
See cbc.ca for the full story
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The Bank of Canada key interest rate announcement schedule for 2012 is:
17 January
8 March
17 April
5 June
17 July
5 September
23 October
4 December
Tomorrow will be the first announcement of 2012 This may give us an indication of the direction of the Canadian prime rate and Canadian mortgage rates in the near future. Most analysts expect no change in the prime rate Canada tomorrow. Check back after 9AM to see the latest Bank of Canada interest rate announcement.
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The Bank of Canada has announced that the key overnight interest rate will stay at 1.00%. This is in line with the expectations of analysts who predicted that the Bank would hold the present rate in part due to the global economic situation.
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As for Canadian mortgage rates, we’ll publish more information on the possible direction of variable and fixed rates later this week.
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Bank of Canada Announcement Coming Next Tuesday
The next Bank of Canada interest rate announcement will be Tuesday October 25 at 9AM. According to a Reuters poll launched on Tuesday, The Bank of Canada could keep rates on hold until the third quarter of 2012 due to slow global growth and also the risk that the debt problems in Europe will continue or worsen.
“The Reuters poll of 40 economists and strategists demonstrated the median forecast for the following rate of interest increase was pressed back by three several weeks in the second-quarter of 2012 forecasted within an August poll.
Experts stated Canada’s central bank have to raise borrowing costs under they formerly thought, since the domestic economy hasn’t retrieved as strongly not surprisingly and also the European debt crisis is still dampening the worldwide outlook.”
Full story at www.ibtimes.com
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