Bond yields finally broke lower last week, and that has relieved some of the pressure on our fixed- mortgage rates. The US Federal Reserve provided the ...
Last week’s economic data releases on both sides of the 49th parallel provided further confirmation that the US and Canadian economies remain on divergent ...
Last week Statistics Canada confirmed that our overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased from 2.8% in February to 2.9% in March on a year-over-year ...
The Bank of Canada (BoC) held its policy rate steady last week, as expected. That means the lender prime rates on which our variable mortgage rates are ...
The Bank of Canada (BoC) isn’t expected to lower its policy rate when it meets this Wednesday, but the bond futures market is estimating an 80% chance of a ...
Mortgage-related news made headlines again last week. Statistics Canada released our latest GDP data, our banking regulator announced a new set of ...
Last week was chock full of news with implications for Canadian mortgage rates. Here are five key updates for anyone keeping an eye on Canadian mortgage ...
Last week the Bank of Canada (BoC) held its policy rate steady at 5%. That decision was widely expected, but the Bank’s continued use of hawkish language ...
It will be a shock if the Bank of Canada (BoC) moves its policy rate when it meets this week. The first reason is procedural. The Bank meets eight times ...
Last Tuesday Statistics Canada confirmed that our Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined from 3.4% in December to 2.9% in January (year-over-year). That result ...
Dog reading book with glasses. I hope that you enjoyed the Family Day long weekend. I used the holiday yesterday for its stated purpose, so there won’t be a ...
Last Friday Statistics Canada confirmed that our economy added an estimated 37,300 new jobs in January, well above the consensus forecast of 15,000. This ...