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High rates be gone!
The Bank of Canada (BoC) wasn’t in the mood for taking baby steps this week, as it cut its key interest rate from 4.25% to 3.75%. The 0.50% rate cut was larger than what we’ve seen over the last three months. And, it’s the first time for a 50 basis point cut since 2009, outside of what was happening during COVID-19. (A basis point, a.k.a. BPS, is 1/100 of 1%.)
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The options markets didn’t move much based on the news, and the swap-trades market is still predicting the key lending rate will be close to 2…


