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Bank of Canada cuts rates, hails ‘good news’ on low inflation

Oct. 23, 2024 at 9:12 am CDT

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday reduced its key benchmark rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 per cent, its first bigger-than-usual move in more than four years, and hailed signs the country has returned to an era of low inflation.

Canada’s inflation eases to 1.6 per cent, increasing chances of 50 bps rate cut

Oct. 15, 2024 at 10:23 am CDT

By Ismail Shakil Promit Mukherjee Reuters

Bank of Canada cuts rate by 25 basis points

Sep. 4, 2024 at 12:50 pm CDT

By Reuters

Bank of Canada cuts rates, sees weaker economy in 2024

Jul. 24, 2024 at 1:27 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Promit Mukherjee Reuters

Bank of Canada interest rate cut to give some borrowers relief

Jun. 5, 2024 at 1:55 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

ICE Canada weekly: Interest rate cuts to have positive or negative effect on canola

May. 29, 2024 at 4:26 pm CDT

With the growing likelihood of an interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada, spillover from the move could prove to be beneficial for canola prices, according to Calgary-based Errol Anderson of Errol’s Commodity Wire.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

FCC predicts drop in farm cash receipts for 2024

Jan. 24, 2024 at 10:45 am CST

FCC's top economist is urging farmers to find any way they can to save money, as the ag lender projects a 4.8 per cent decline in farm cash receipts in 2024 on the heels of lower commodity prices.

By Jeff Melchior

FCC’s top economic charts to monitor in 2024

Jan. 12, 2024 at 11:26 am CST

As we start the new year amid elevated inflation and major headwinds facing the economy, here are our top charts to help make sense of the economic environment for farm operations, agribusinesses and food processors.

By Farm Credit Canada Economics

Canada’s jobs growth stalls in December as wages accelerate

Jan. 5, 2024 at 10:47 am CST

Canada's economy added far fewer jobs than expected in December and the jobless rate remained at 5.8 per cent, but permanent employees' wages increased at the fastest pace in three years, data showed on Friday.

By Ismail Shakil Reuters Steve Scherer

Cost of borrowing continues to rise on farms

Sep. 1, 2023 at 9:41 am CDT

After the hustle of the 2023 harvest season settles, a lot of Ontario farmers will examine their business’s financial numbers and be surprised at the impact of rising interest rates, says Shawn Brenn, chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association. Despite early 2023 predictions that the Bank of […]

By Stew Slater

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