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4d ago
On March 12, the Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate, which impacts interest rates by 25 basis points from 3% to 2.75% This marks the seventh straight interest rate cut by the central bank since June 2024. Since last summer, the Bank of Canada has reduced its key lending rate by 225 basis ..read more
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2w ago
How Are Stock Markets Doing? Canadian stock market volatility has soared over the last number of weeks amid concerns about President Trump’s on-again off-again tariffs. President Trump threatened 25% tariffs on Canadian goods in February but put them on hold until early March, then changed his mind and announced a reprieve until April 2. Since ..read more
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2w ago
What Are Trump’s Trade Tariffs? At 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4, President Trump kept to his word, enacting sweeping trade tariffs on all goods coming into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico. He has slapped an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports. The 25% tariff affects nearly all Canadian and Mexican imports. Canadian energy ..read more
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3w ago
Canada’s inflation rate went in the wrong direction in January, with the Consumer Price Index ticking up to 1.9%. In December, Canada’s inflation rate was 1.8%. The increase was a little unexpected in light of the national GST holiday that ran from December 14, 2024 to February 15, 2025. It could have been a lot ..read more
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1M ago
The TSX had a pretty stellar 2024, advancing 21%. Will the Canadian stock market register gains similar to those in 2025, especially in light of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs on Canadian goods and 10% tariff on oil and gas? Then there are the 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, which would, according ..read more
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1M ago
U.S. President Trump has paused implementing crushing, broad-based 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico until early March, but that doesn’t mean he is taking a break from implementing any tariffs. On February 10, President Trump announced that he would be implementing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum entering the U.S. This is on ..read more
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1M ago
In late January, the Bank of Canada cut its key overnight lending rate, which impacts interest rates, by 25 basis points to 3%. This is the fifth straight cut since June 2024 when interest rates stood at 5%. The modest 0.25% interest rate cut was widely expected with Canada’s annual inflation rate falling to 1.8 ..read more
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2M ago
All eyes have been on big technology stocks thanks to the emergence of Artificial Intelligence and the need for software that can meet the need for massive amounts of data. Most big technology stocks are expected to do exceptionally well in 2025. In 2024, Nvidia Corporation stock rallied an impressive 171%. At the start of ..read more
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2M ago
With President Trump now in the Oval Office, Canadians and investors will be watching to see if he follows through on his proposed 25% tariff against Canadian goods. President Trump has said the tariffs are necessary because the U.S. has a $200 billion trade deficit with Canada. Interestingly, that number is sorely inflated. In 2023 ..read more
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2M ago
The Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate, which sets interest rates, five times in 2024, from 5% in May to 3.25% in December. Despite the big drop in interest rates, policymakers had forecast that the central bank could be even more aggressive with its interest rate cuts in 2025. That now seems in ..read more