Interest rates in Canada have declined gradually since the 1980s. Chart 1 plots the ... Chen and Dorich (2018) provide Bank of Canada estimates of the neutral rate. We provide an estimate of the ...

Changes in domestic interest rates affect the value of the Canadian dollar less than changes in the risk premium do. These ...

TD Securities scaled back its call for interest rate cuts from the Bank of Canada, citing improving economic data.

Bank of Canada officials decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3% last month to better balance ...

Paul Volcker wanted to tame inflation and the Bank of Canada ... including Canada’s own, began slashing rates. The prime rate dropped to as low as 2.25% in 2009. Interest rates stayed low ...

Bank of Canada officials acknowledged that the economic uncertainty created by a potential trade battle supported their decision to cut interest rates last month.

The Bank of Canada (BoC) last raised its key interest rate to 5% on July 12, 2023, marking the first time since April 2001 that the rate had hit the 5% mark. Before that pause, a series of rate ...

Newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 25-per-cent tariff on all goods from Canada. With that potential damage hanging over the economy, some argue the central bank will ...