The Bank of Canada’s decision to leave its key policy rate unchanged at 0.50% today was largely as expected given that the economy apparently returned to positive growth in June. But we still anticipate that further weakness in energy-related business investment, combined with an underwhelming performance from non-energy exports and signs of weakness in housing, will eventually prompt the Bank to cut rates by an additional 25 basis points to only 0.25%.
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