by GIC Wealth Management | Dec 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 3¼%, with the Bank Rate at 3½% and the deposit rate at 3¼%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. The global economy is evolving largely as expected in the Bank’s...
by GIC Wealth Management | Dec 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Bank of Canada lowered its interest rate by 50-basis points to 3.25 per cent on Wednesday but signalled a slower pace of rate cuts moving forward. Economists were largely expecting another weighty cut following a quarterly GDP report that saw growth come in below...
by GIC Wealth Management | Oct 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 3¾%, with the Bank Rate at 4% and the deposit rate at 3¾%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. The Bank continues to expect the global economy to expand at a rate of...
by GIC Wealth Management | Sep 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
U.S. stocks finished lower after the Federal Reserve voted to cut interest rates by 0.5 percentage point, opting for a more aggressive reduction than investors had been expecting just a week ago. Though traders had anticipated a rate cut, they had been left guessing...
by GIC Wealth Management | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¼%, with the Bank Rate at 4½% and the deposit rate at 4¼%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. To continue reading please visit Bank of Canada reduces policy...
