May 6, 2024
Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady again at 4.5% | CBC News

Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady again at 4.5% | CBC News

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The Bank of Canada decided to hold its interest rate steady at 4.5 per cent on Wednesday while the impact of its previous rate hikes filters down through the economy.

Central bank had telegraphed its intention to hold rates where they are for a while now

Tiff Macklem is shown going into bank building.
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem will explain the bank’s decision at a press conference later today. (Blair Gable/Reuters)

The Bank of Canada decided to hold its interest rate steady at 4.5 per cent on Wednesday while the impact of its previous rate hikes filters down through the economy.

The bank’s move was widely anticipated by economists, because the bank had telegraphed its intention to hit pause on rate hikes after raising them eight times between March 2022 and February of this year.

Officials at the bank, including governor Tiff Macklem, will have more to say about their line of thinking at a press conference starting at 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday.

More to come.

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