With the quarter-percentage-point cut, the central bank’s key interest rate now stands at 4.75 per cent.
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate for the first time in more than four years today, marking a major turning point in its fight against inflation.
“If inflation continues to ease, and our confidence that inflation is headed sustainably to the two per cent target continues to increase, it is reasonable to expect further cuts to our policy interest rate,” Macklem said in remarks prepared for a morning press conference. With inflation down significantly and the economy stalling, most forecasters believed it was the right time for the central bank to begin lowering borrowing rates.
The Canadian economy has also weakened under the weight of high interest rates. Economic growth in the first quarter came in lower than forecasters expected, and the unemployment rate has steadily risen, reaching 6.1 per cent in April.
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