Paul Volcker wanted to tame inflation and the Bank of Canada ... including Canada’s own, began slashing rates. The prime rate dropped to as low as 2.25% in 2009. Interest rates stayed low ...

Economists are more confident the Bank of Canada might pause its interest rate cuts next month — tariffs notwithstanding — as ...

The Bank of Canada (BoC) last raised its key interest rate to 5% on July 12, 2023, marking the first time since April 2001 that the rate had hit the 5% mark. Before that pause, a series of rate ...

The prime rate is a base rate set by Canadian banks to determine the variable interest rates they can charge on lending products, such as mortgages and loans. Many or all of the products featured ...

or a variable interest rate that declined along with the Bank of Canada policy rate. You and the characteristics of your mortgage also affect how much you pay Your past credit history and some of the ...

With interest rates expected to decline further, along with economic uncertainties and U.S.-Canada trade tensions, Canadian ...

Rising energy costs pushed Canada’s inflation rate up to 1.9 per cent in January despite a national GST holiday, Statistics ...

Interest rates can fluctuate regularly. Inflation, market conditions and Bank of Canada policy changes are some of the broader factors influencing individual bank rates in Canada. BoC’s ...

The Bank of Canada is expected to cut its policy rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, amid widespread trade uncertainty with the United States. The central bank’s interest rate currently sits at 3.25 ...