Affordability Concerns
With inflation and interest rates continuing to rise there are renewed concerns about housing affordability in Canada. Statistics Canada pegged the inflation rate at 7.7% in May, [...]
Bank of Canada Announcement
Today the Bank of Canada announce they are increasing its trendsetting interest rate by .50% bringing the overnight rate to 1½%. This is the second consistent oversized [...]
Bank of Canada maintains policy rate and forward guidance
The Bank of Canada has stayed the course on interest rates in its final scheduled announcement of the year, indicating no change to its projection that its [...]
A change in tone on inflation
In its most recent rate setting the Bank of Canada decided, once again, to hold steady at 0.25%. But in comments after the announcement, Governor Tiff Macklem [...]
Changing affordability and maximum mortgages
Canadian home buyers are taking their mortgages to the max. The latest Consumer Survey by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation suggests more than 65% of recent home [...]
Latest Bank of Canada Announcement
The Bank of Canada made its fifth interest rate decision of 2021 and updated its outlook for inflation and economic growth. The Bank held its overnight rate [...]