04/12/2023
Today, the Bank of Canada held its target for the overnight rate at 4.5% and continuing its quantitative tightening policy for now. The next update of interest rates is to be announced on June 7th, 2023. CPI inflation is noted to be 5.2% in February and is expected to fall quickly to around 3% in the middle of this year and then decline more gradually to the 2% target by the end of 2024. Lastly, The BOC now projects Canada’s economy to grow by 1.4% this year and 1.3% in 2024 before picking up to 2.5% in 2025.