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Why your groceries, homes and rents cost more. A Critical Analysis

The Bank of Canada put out a report entitled   What drives up the price of groceries?

They could have easily simplified the title to say “What Drives Up the Price of Everything”.  Their answer is the cost of ENERGY and the cost of labour. I’m going to remind you that this report is from the Bank of Canada.. “a Crown corporation that is separate from the political process” as their website says.   

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Why fixed rates haven’t dropped that much yet

Everything is playing out as expected.  Fixed rates have begun to fall, slowly.  But this isn’t unusual or unexpected.  If you’ve followed interest rate hikes and cuts, you’ll see a familiar pattern.  

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Posted Mortgage News

Finally!! The Bank of Canada cuts the rate. 

Today, the Bank of Canada cut the Prime rate by 0.25%.  Hooray!  This will directly affect Variable rate mortgages and indirectly affect Fixed rate mortgages. 

It has been 27 months since the Bank of Canada governor, Tiff Macklem, started hiking rates to combat inflation.  The last hike was in July 2023. Since then, it’s been a guessing game to see when Macklem would act.. Finally, he cut the rates which is much needed and welcome news to all.

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The Bank of Canada Does It Again

Some not-so-great news from the Bank of Canada yesterday: the target rate was raised yet again by 0.25%. This one wasn’t a complete surprise. Rates have been climbing for the last year to battle red hot inflation. Inflation is now at 4.4%, which is huge progress from 8.1% this time last year. But last month’s Consumer Index Report logged an unexpected 0.1% jump in inflation from the previous month.

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Home Prices Heat Up Despite High Interest Rates

Some weird stuff is happening in the world of real estate. As you likely know, the Bank of Canada has steadily raised interest rates over the past year in hopes of cooling inflation. This was also supposed to cool the housing market. Conventional wisdom dictates that higher rates would result in more mortgage defaults, more housing supply, and lower home prices. Oddly enough, none of that is happening. 

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