Bank of Canada holds key rate steady amid trade war, economic uncertainty
The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it waits to get a clearer picture of how global trade uncertainty is
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Avery Shenfeld
Tight-lipped Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5%, says it’s too early to cut rates
The central bank announced its interest rate decision Wednesday as economists widely expected no change in the policy rate.
Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate falls below 4% in June
That marks the lowest rate in at least two decades and comes even as the local economy’s job-creation engine stalled last month.
Bank of Canada likely to mirror 0.75% Fed hike next month: economists
The U.S. bank authority announced the Wednesday move will shift the country’s benchmark rate to a range between 1.5 per cent and 1.75 per cent
Businesses brace for high inflation to stick around over next two years: BoC survey
Bank’s latest Business Outlook Survey found that more than two-thirds of businesses anticipate inflation will be above three per cent, on average, over the next
‘It’s fierce out there’: Ottawa employers scramble to find and keep talent
National unemployment numbers out today are just a hint at what is becoming a red-hot job market.
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