Bank of Canada Prime Interest Rate Announcement April 2012
The Bank of Canada has announced that the key overnight interest rate will stay at 1.00%. This was widely expected due to continuing bad news from Europe and the Bank’s desire to keep the Canadian dollar from increasing too rapidly.
What does this mean for mortgage rates? Canadian mortgage rates are near all-time lows and will not stay at these levels for much longer. Interest rates are predicted to rise by the fall of 2012. To see how low current rates are, check out today’s best mortgage rates here.
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As anticipated by most analysts, the Bank of Canada has decided to hold the key overnight interest rate at 1%. The prime rate was predicted to rise today as recently as a few months ago. However, the recent nasty economic news from almost all fronts helped convince the Bank of Canada to hold the Canada prime rate at the current level for the time being.
Canadian mortgage rates have already increased slightly due to the economic outlook. RBC and other banks have recently raised variable rate mortgage rates.
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Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement July 19, 2011
The Bank of Canada has announced that the prime rate will remain at 1.00%. This was widely expected by most analysts. However, the Canada prime rate is also expected to increase by September.
Now may be a good time to look into locking in a low mortgage rate before potential interest rate hikes this fall. Compare today’s best interest rates by clicking on the table on the right to see how much you could save.
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The Bank of Canada has announced to day that there will be no change in the overnight lending rate. The Bank of Canada prime rate will remain at 1.00%.
Mortage rates recently dropped and now may be a good time to look into locking in a low mortgage rate as interest rates are expected to rise by the fall. Checking today’s best mortgage rates on the right side of this page shows a 5 year closed rate is available at 3.59%. Click on that rate table for more info.
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The Bank of Canada has announced that there will be no change in the key overnight interest rate. It will remain at 1.00%
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This prime rate announcement was anticipated by most major analysts. The next Canada prime rate announcement will be May 31.
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If you are following the Bank of Canada prime rate announcements, here is a schedule for the rest of the year. I missed the announcement on March 1, but it remains unchanged at 1.00%
12 April
31 May
19 July
7 September
25 October
6 December
