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Interest rate hike is far from a done deal

The Bank of Canada mentioned this week that the economy is gathering momentum and indicated that it is considering hiking interest rates soon, prompting financial markets to quickly raise bets on a rate hike later this year. But we aren’t convinced the Bank will take the risk. Given the growing signs of a housing correction, it’s too late to raise interest rates.

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