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Bank of Canada reduces policy rate by 25 basis points to 3%, announces end of quantitative tightening
The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 3%, with the Bank Rate at 3.25% and the deposit rate at ...
Central bank decisions — as they happened: Powell says no rush to adjust Fed policy stance; Canada cuts rates for sixth consecutive meeting
After a combined 1 percentage point of interest rate cuts over the central bank’s previous three meetings, the policy-setting ...
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Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate by quarter point to 3%
The central bank announced its sixth cut in a row since June, as looming U.S. tariffs add uncertainty to the economic outlook ...
Read what the Bank of Canada head says on ‘major uncertainty’ of tariffs
The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate, but its governor warned that U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs create 'major uncertainty.' ...
Nova Scotia says it’s making the ‘biggest increase’ to its minimum wage ever
Labour Minister Nolan Young made the declaration in a news release Wednesday, which revealed the rate will increase $1.30 in ...
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The morning catch up: ASX to rise ahead of CPI data
ASX Futures are up 0.4% this morning ahead of the ABS release of Consumer Price Index (CPI) data today. The inflation figures come ahead of a key meeting of the Reserve Bank board in February. There ...
ASX Lunch Wrap: Bargain hunters swoop in; Does CPI make RBA rate cut a lock?
The ASX got off to a strong start on Wednesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark up by 0.85% at around lunch time.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada
Protecting and conserving our natural heritage, predicting weather and environmental conditions, preventing and managing pollution, promoting clean growth and a sustainable environment for present and ...
How the GST holiday distorted Canada's food inflation story
Month-over-month inflation rates fell by -0.3% in retail and -4.5% in restaurants. But this does not mean food became genuinely cheaper. Quite the opposite. The GST holiday’s impact has created a ...