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'We’ve come a long way in the fight against inflation' — Tiff Macklem Get the latest from Barbara Shecter straight to your inbox Sign Up The Bank of Canada cut interest rates Wednesday for the first time since launching a historic hiking cycle to comb...

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Canada's biggest banks are reducing their lending ratesThe Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate Wednesday and Canadian banks are following suit. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other vid...

People in the prairie provinces are less inclined to invest, while people in Quebec are more optimistic We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. Posthaste: Canadians div...

What the economists say about the central bank's first cut in more than four yearsThe Bank of Canada cut its key overnight interest rate to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday and economists believe more relief is on the way. Though the move was widely expected, it i...

For active managers who spread out their bets across the world’s largest stock market, these are harsh times on Wall Street.  A historically small number of Big Tech firms keep driving equity indexes to new highs — in an era when cheap passive funds are gr...

Stocks fell and bonds rose as traders awaited readings on job openings and factory orders for clues on the state of the economy and the outlook for interest rates. Oil sank. A risk-off tone prevailed on Tuesday, with equities under pressure on speculation...

Zach Curry, director and portfolio manager, Greenrock Capital Partners FOCUS: North American stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. have continued to rally in 2024, with the focus on interest rates – their direction and timing...

Good morning. I’m pleased to be here with Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers to discuss today’s policy announcement. Governing Council decided monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive a...

The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¾%, with the Bank Rate at 5% and the deposit rate at 4¾%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. The g...