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Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target to 0.5%

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Yeah......now the damn banks better lower the rates also..
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I have a feeling we'll only see a 0.15% like the last drop.
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gizmo8 wrote: Yeah......now the damn banks better lower the rates also..
They probably won't. But you can rest assured that whenever rates rise again (hopefully in a long, long time) the banks will implement the full increase.
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hopefully rate spy and rate hub will have updates
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What kinds of things do banks consider when deciding to follow the BoC decrease or not? Not really sure how this process works...
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I think this is terrible news for the following reasons:

a. lowering rates will push real estate prices even higher
b. it will cause people to take on even more debt
c. it will make our dollar less valuable (e.g. if we want to travel to the US it is becoming almost unaffordable)--personal selfish reason
d. it hasn't done much for us in the past so why keep doing it expecting a different outcome
e. it will make it tougher to adapt to rate increases if they ever happen
f. it leaves less room for a cut if and when we really need one in the future

Why does government think taking another "hit" of the debt drug is good for the people? This is not going to end well.

My gloomy two cents.
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People don't get it. This isn't the economic conditions of times past. We are living in a time of extreme low economic confidence, which translates into extreme low interest rates.

What you consider to be a normalization of interest rates, is probably closer to the lower 1-2% than it is to the 5-7% you were used to.


If economies aren't growing in a world of emergency interest rates, what makes you think it will ever grow to a point to warrant much higher rates?
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choclover wrote: I think this is terrible news for the following reasons:

a. lowering rates will push real estate prices even higher
b. it will cause people to take on even more debt
c. it will make our dollar less valuable (e.g. if we want to travel to the US it is becoming almost unaffordable)--personal selfish reason
d. it hasn't done much for us in the past so why keep doing it expecting a different outcome
e. it will make it tougher to adapt to rate increases if they ever happen
f. it leaves less room for a cut if and when we really need one in the future

Why does government think taking another "hit" of the debt drug is good for the people? This is not going to end well.

My gloomy two cents.
Insanity, absolute insanity

The government is trying to cover their incompetence by goosing the economy for just a few more months. They are hoping that it's enough to win, and then when everything goes to hell and it turns out the budget isn't balanced this year after all, it will be too late.
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Goodbye to cross border shopping.
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This is a really bad move of cutting another quarter point. They should have leave it along even the growth rate decrease.
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TD lowered to 2.75; expect the others to follow
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Lower dollar helps exporters that sell Canadian products to the world . The governor said any housing effects are a side effect.

Shopping in Canada is what people are supposed to do.
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mau_mau wrote: TD lowered to 2.75; expect the others to follow
Wow, only 10bps? rest assured when the rates go up they will pass on the full rate hike.
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mau_mau wrote: TD lowered to 2.75; expect the others to follow
This has to be the fastest response by a bank to rate cut in the recent history (or ever).
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choclover wrote: I think this is terrible news for the following reasons:

a. lowering rates will push real estate prices even higher
b. it will cause people to take on even more debt
c. it will make our dollar less valuable (e.g. if we want to travel to the US it is becoming almost unaffordable)--personal selfish reason
d. it hasn't done much for us in the past so why keep doing it expecting a different outcome
e. it will make it tougher to adapt to rate increases if they ever happen
f. it leaves less room for a cut if and when we really need one in the future

Why does government think taking another "hit" of the debt drug is good for the people? This is not going to end well.

My gloomy two cents.
This is terrible news for for those who haven't bought yet and are still in the market to buy a home.

a. real estate prices will be pushed even higher. That's great if you already bought a home
b. It will cause people to take on more debt. If you bought already, your mortgage is the same. In fact, it should be lower since you are repaying it every month


onebuddy wrote: Goodbye to cross border shopping.
Isn't that also a good thing? So many people preach to buy Canadian and not foreign. Thus now we are more inclined to buy local and support local
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CIBC had previously lowered their prime rate from 3 to 2.85%, so I guess it'll go down again now. That'd be good for me if I ever actually used my line of credit, but I don't. Instead, the savings rate on my savings account will probably drop. It's already 1.05%, dropped from 1.3% earlier this year.

That Tangerine promo looks better and better, but I don't know if it's a "sure thing" for new customers.

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