STANDARDTHE MARKET EDITORIAL STANDARDBack to newsroom

Bank of Canada maintains the policy rate at 2¼%

The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%.

PRIMARY SOURCEBank of CanadaOpen original source →OPEN IN MARKET MEMORY →

Publication record: PRIMARY source tier · published time verified for search eligibility. ME Standard preserves attribution and does not claim ownership of the underlying primary release.

OBSERVED RESPONSE

AWAITING OBSERVED RESPONSE

Expected sensitivities are available, but ME Standard has not recorded a qualifying post-event market reaction window yet.

DRIVER RATESMES_EVENT_IMPACT_V20 QUALIFYING WINDOWS
  • No qualifying post-event market reaction window is recorded yet.

EXPECTED SENSITIVITY

Relationships to monitor

Transparent relationship rules identify markets worth monitoring; they are not directional forecasts.

  • USDrate-differential sensitive

    Rate expectations can alter USD interest-rate differentials.

  • US10Ypolicy sensitive

    Treasury yields can reprice as the expected policy path changes.

  • GOLDreal-yield sensitive

    Gold is sensitive to real yields and the USD transmission channel.

  • US100duration sensitive

    Long-duration growth equities are sensitive to discount-rate repricing.

EXPECTED RELATIONSHIP ≠ OBSERVED RESPONSE ≠ PROVEN CAUSALITY.