Bank of Canada Prime Rate Update September 7, 2011
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.
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The Bank of Canada has announced that it is raising the the key interest rate, the rate at which banks borrow and lend amongst themselves, by 0.25% to 1.00%.
According to analysts, this may be the last interest rate hike until 2011. If you need to lock-in the best rate possible for either a new mortgage or a renewal, please CLICK HERE now to compare Canadian mortgage rates from banks and the top brokers.
“Bank Governor Mark Carney has long signaled the need to hike national borrowing costs in order to rein in economic activity and reduce inflationary pressures. But now, economists believe the central bank will hold rates steady at one per cent after Wednesday’s boost. TD is forecasting the bank’s rate at one per cent until at least the second quarter of 2011. The Bank of Montreal figures Canada’s one per cent interest to last even longer, until the July-to-September period in 2011.”
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/09/07/bank-of-canada-rate-lookahead.html#ixzz0yrk8VDu4
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Bank of Canada Prime Rate Announcement Due Tomorrow
The Bank of Canada’s next interest rate announcement comes tomorrow, Tuesday December 8 at 9:00 AM EST
Check back here for tomorrow’s announcement.
Related Story:
“Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s pledge to freeze record-low borrowing costs through June may be raising the chances of a bubble in home prices even as it helps the economy recover from its first recession in 17 years.
Sales of existing houses rose 74 percent in October from the January low, with prices up 21 percent from a year ago to a record C$341,079, partly because of Carney’s promise — the only date-specific commitment from a Group of 20 central banker. To prevent the economy from overheating, Carney will raise his benchmark rate by 125 basis points to 1.5 percent in 2010, while Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will keep his key rate at 0.25 percent, said Stephen Gallagher, chief U.S. economist in New York at Paris-based Societe Generale SA.”
“The central bank hasn’t talked much about house prices, “to the bafflement of international investors,” said Eric Lascelles, chief economist and rates strategist with TD Securities Inc. in Toronto. The bank’s next opportunity comes tomorrow in an interest-rate announcement scheduled for 9 a.m. New York time.”
Full story at: bloomberg.com
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