RE:interest rate cut will boost the share price They need to start the cuts to get ahead of the impending economic slowdown. Their biggest mistake since covid was waiting too long to hike which allowed inflation to get out of control.
Back at that time when covid was still very much on our minds and rates were in the ditch, everyone was saying they can never raise rates. Fast forward, here we are again but on the flipside. Everyone saying they can't cut because inflation will ramp up again. The challenge with fiscal policy is that the effects are not seen for many months ahead.
Tiff, don't make the same mistake and wait too long. Canada is not running hot like the US, we can afford to start a 1/4 pt cut. Don't wait too long and risk recession, a crash landing forcing a 1/2 pt cut or more out of panic.
bicente wrote: Canada’s economy grew at a slower pace in the first quarter of the year than economists and the Bank of Canada expected, increasing the possibility that the central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate next week.
Statistics Canada said real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.7 per cent at an annualized rate in the first quarter of the year, weaker than the 2.2 per cent that economists expected and short of the Bank of Canada's forecast of 2.8 per cent. In the first quarter the economy grew 0.4 per cent. Fourth-quarter GDP growth was also revised down, from an annualized rate of 1 per cent to 0.1 per cent.
Statistics Canada said in a release that higher household spending on services was a top contributor to the growth in the first quarter, offset by slower inventory accumulations.
Canada’s economy showed no growth in March, following a 0.2 per cent increase in February. Advanced estimates show GDP grew 0.3 per cent in April, due to increases in manufacturing, mining, and quarrying.
The data comes days before the Bank of Canada is set to make an interest rate announcement that could see the central bank cut rates for the first time since early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
the skies are blue my friends ..enjoy ..GLTA