Home Sales Dipped Once Again Last Month In The Wake of Two Consecutive BoC Rate HikesBy Scott WestlakeSeptember 15, 20230 comments#bankofcanada #interestrate #boc #variablemortgage #mortgagerates #homesales Not surprisingly, buyers moved to the sidelines last month as the central bank took the overnight policy rate up to 5.0%. Home sales posted a 4.1% decline between July and August, ...Read more...
Bank of Canada Holds Rates Steady Acknowledging Economic SlowdownBy Scott WestlakeSeptember 6, 20230 comments#boc #bankofcanada #interestrates #mortgagerates #variablerates #economy With last Friday's publication of the anemic second-quarter ...Read more...
July Headline Inflation Rose to 3.3%, But Core Inflation ImprovedBy Scott WestlakeAugust 16, 20230 comments#economy #mortgagerates #refinance #renewal #Purchase #boc The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.3% y/y in July, up from a 2.8% rise in June. The acceleration in headline inflation was widely expected due to a base-year effect on gasoline ...Read more...
Canadian Inflation Falls Within Bank of Canada's Target Range, but Food and Shelter Costs Remain HighBy Scott WestlakeJuly 19, 20230 comments#economicupdate #realestateprices #boC #housing #interestrates ...Read more...
Bank of Canada June Rate Hike Spooks the Housing MarketBy Scott WestlakeJuly 17, 20230 comments#Bankofcanada #interestrate #boc #variablemortgage #mortgagerates The Canadian Real Estate Association says the BoC's surprise ...Read more...
Interest Rates Will Stay Higher For LongerBy Scott WestlakeJuly 13, 20230 comments#boc #bankofcanada #interestrates #mortgagerates #variablerates #economy ...Read more...
It's a Close Call Which Way the Bank Will GoBy Scott WestlakeJuly 8, 20230 comments#BoC #bankofcanada #interestrates #mortgagerates #variablerates #economy Employment growth last month came in at a whopping 60,000 ...Read more...
Will the May Inflation Decline Thwart Another Rate Hike in July?By Scott WestlakeJune 27, 20230 comments#inflation #bankofcanada #boc #rates #mortgagerate The May inflation data, released this morning by Statistics ...Read more...
Strong May Housing Triggered BoC Rate HikeBy Scott WestlakeJune 16, 20230 comments#economicupdate #realestateprices #boC #housing #interestrates The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in May rose 5.1% month-over-month (m/m), adding to the 11.1% gain in April. This brought the year-over-year sales gain to 1.4%, ...Read more...
Holy Smokes, The Bank of Canada Means BusinessBy Scott WestlakeJune 8, 20230 comments#boc #bankofcanada #interestrates #mortgagerates #variablerates #economy If there were any doubt that the Bank of Canada wanted inflation to fall to 2%, it would be obliterated today. In a relatively surprising move, the Bank hiked the overnight policy ...Read more...
The Bank of Canada Holds Rates Steady Again But Maintains Its Commitment To 2% InflationBy Scott WestlakeApril 12, 20230 comments#boc #bankofcanada #interestrates #mortgagerates #variablerates #economy ...Read more...
Bank of Canada Not Happy With Another Strong Jobs ReportBy Scott WestlakeApril 7, 20230 comments#inflation #boc #interestrates #jobs This morning’s Jobs Report was again solid. Job creation, though more tempered than in earlier months, is still robust. The unemployment rate remained at 5.0% for the fourth ...Read more...
Further Decline in Inflation in February Will Keep the Bank of Canada On Hold in AprilBy Scott WestlakeMarch 21, 20230 comments#bankofcanada #interestrate #boc #variablemortgage #mortgagerates All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve tomorrow when ...Read more...
US Policymakers Take Emergency Action To Protect Depositors At Failed BanksBy Scott WestlakeMarch 15, 20230 comments#economicupdate #realestateprices #boC #USAmarket #SVB #interestrates Silicon Valley Bank (SVP) had a sterling reputation among the many tech start-ups it helped to finance. What brought SVB down was an old-fashioned bank run set off in 2021 by a series ...Read more...
Canadian Labour Market Jeopardizes Rate PauseBy Scott WestlakeMarch 13, 20230 comments#economicupdate #realestateprices #boC #jobs Today's Labour Force Survey (LFS) for February was much stronger than expected, questioning how long the Bank of Canada's rate pause can last. Following the 150,000 ...Read more...
The Bank of Canada Holds Rates Steady Even As the Fed Promises to Push HigherBy Scott WestlakeMarch 8, 20230 comments#boc #bankofcanada #interestrates #mortgagerates #variablerates As expected, the central bank held the overnight rate ...Read more...