What a sixth Bank of Canada interest rate cut could mean for mortgages as tariffs loom
The tariff threat, coupled with cost-of-living constraints that remain front and centre for many Canadians, might blunt the ...
Sterling treads water as markets look to Bank of England
The pound was little changed on Thursday as markets were focused on a raft of major central bank meetings that will culminate ...
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Here's what the new Bank of Canada interest rate cut means
In its first cut of 2025, the Bank of Canada (BoC) lowered its key interest rate by 25 basis points. On Wednesday, the ...
Why are mortgage rates still so high? There’s something more important than Fed policy at work
The federal funds rate and mortgage interest rates are often expected to move together, but they haven’t lately. Here’s why.
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Mortgage Rate Predictions: Will the Fed Keep Postponing Interest Rate Cuts?
During his remarks following the Jan. 29 policy meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said officials are not in a hurry to lower interest rates and that the central bank is waiting to see if inflation ...
What the new Bank of Canada interest rate cut means for Canadians
In its first cut of 2025, the Bank of Canada (BoC) lowered its key interest rate by 25 basis points. On Wednesday, the ...
Citing pope's pro-family view, couple at heart of Vatican bank ban on workplace marriage go to court
A young Italian couple is going to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the ...
Is the Fed interest rate pause good for mortgage rates?
After implementing three rate cuts in late 2024, the central bank has opted to keep its benchmark federal funds rate steady ...
Biggest of the Big Six: How RBC opened a $100-billion market-cap gap over its bank rivals
J.M. Smucker Co. chief executive Mark Smucker leaned on close advisers when he made the decision to bolster the jelly and coffee company through a US$5.6-billion acquisition in 2023 of Hostess Brands ...
How to profit from the Fed’s latest interest rate pause
The Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to keep its overnight bank lending rate where it is — following a full percentage ...
Live updates: Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate by another 25 basis points, flags tariffs as ‘major source of uncertainty’
In December 2024, Governor Tiff Macklem pointed to a 2019 internal simulation of the U.S. imposing significant tariffs. That ...
Why Congress might actually get something done on housing
Your hosts wrote exactly one year ago that Congress was facing pressure to address sky-high costs for homeowners and renters — but that there was no clear path to a bipartisan compromise.