Author: Connolly Capital

      Weekly Digest ——— July 13th, 2023   The Final Hike?   Canada’s overnight rate is now 5% with the prime rate at it’s highest level in 22 years. The Bank of Canada is predicting inflation will stick at around 3% for the next 12 months. There are no concrete predictions...

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      Weekly Digest ——— July 7th, 2023   BMO To Enter The Mortgage Broker Channel Starting January 1st, 2024, mortgage brokers will once again have access to Bank of Montreal. This now marks 3 of the big 5 banks to enter our space. 40% of all new mortgages are arranged through...

      Weekly Digest ——— June 30th, 2023   Inflation Cools   Inflation is down a full 1% month over month (now sitting at 3.40%). This is lowest inflation has been in 2 years. The 3-month core measure is also down to 3.60%.     Over 60% of the slowdown can be attributed to stabilizing energy...

      Weekly Digest ——— June 26th, 2023   What Happens Next? The chart below shows how much interest rate forecasts and projections have changed in the last 90 days. The “Time To First Cut” metric continues to get pushed back further into 2024. The blue/purple line shows March projections for rates The...

    South of the Border The Federal reserve in the US took a break this week from hiking rates, but it has signalled for more hikes before the end of the calendar year. After 500 basis points of hikes, the Fed paused for the first time in...

Bank of Canada Hikes The Bank of Canada dropped a hammer to the real estate market with a 0.25% rate hike. After a 4 month pause to rates, the BoC took the 33% rate hike prediction from economists, and flipped odds betters with another increase. Our...