interest rates
The Fed hasn't called the cops on the U.S. economic party
The stock market hit another record high on Wednesday.
Interest rates have finally gone up
After two years of steady rates, the Bank of Canada hikes the interest rate to 0.75%
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Canadian incomes have only increased by 3 percent since 2012
Meanwhile, average home prices have shot up 30 percent
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Most Canadians will not be able to handle an increase in interest rates
We just don’t have the savings to cover any kind of rise in monthly expenses
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How do you cool a hot housing market
Vancouver borrowed Sydney’s policy tools — Toronto is on the verge of doing the same
should you care about interest rates
Interest rates in Canada have remained unchanged since mid-2015. So why the fuss when yet another Bank of Canada rate announcement is made?