Bank to cut interest rates again in April

The growing risk of COVID-19 to the outlook suggests that the Bank of Canada will follow today’s 50 bp cut in interest rates with an additional 25 bp cut in April. Given the Governing Council’s lingering concerns that looser policy will boost an already red-hot housing market, however, we think the Bank is unlikely to go further than that.

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