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BoC keeps options open, likely to cut again this year

Bank of Canada officials signalled back in July they would support further interest rate cuts if labour market conditions continued to worsen, and this week they delivered, lowering the policy rate by 25bp to 2.5%. We expect the Bank to deliver at least one more cut before year-end, with risks tilted slightly toward October rather than December, as we currently forecast.

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