How Central Banks Set Interest Rates
Interest rates are one of those topics everyone hears about, but few people really understand how they actually work. With both the Bank of Canada (BoC) and the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) recently announcing that they were holding their policy rates steady, it felt like a good time to step back and look at what these rates actually are – and how they’re set.
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Weekly Update for the week ending March 24, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian CPI and sales stats, US interest rate hike, Global central bank hikes, Credit Suisse, Global banking issues, Another online investing app … Statistics Canada’s February Consumer Price Index report showed Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 5.2% in February, down from January’s 5.9%. February’s rate […]
Weekly Update for the week ending February 3, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. US interest rates, European interest rates, Huge job growth int the US, Slowing Canadian GDP, Big tech earnings’ misses … As expected, in a unanimous decision by members of the US Federal Reserve System’s (Fed) Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), they increased the US benchmark interest […]
Weekly Update for the week ending December 2, 2022
Items that may only interest or educate me …. Welcome to December, TSX prospects for 2023, a fourth quarter comeback for the S&P, lower interest rate hikes, an inflation speed bump, Canadian banks’ earnings, and the next increase to the Canadian interest rate November is over and ended with a bang thanks to the optimism […]
Weekly Updates for the week ending November 25, 2022
Items that may only interest or educate me …. Increased TFSA contribution limit, probability of smaller interest rate increases in Canada and the USA, potential rail system gridlock (again) Let us start with some good news. The annual contribution limit for Canada’s tax-free savings account (TFSA) is set to rise from C$6,000 to C$6,500 for […]
The week ending October 28, 2022
Items that may only interest me …. More interest rate hike news, a reversal of fortunes for the Energy and Technology sectors, the city of tomorrow, and lucky investing In Canada the Bank of Canada (BoC) hiked its benchmark interest for the sixth time this year, this time by 0. 5%, bringing the Canadian benchmark […]