welcome
financialpost

financialpost

Business

Business & Economics

Posthaste: Tariffs not the only uncertainty facing Bank of Canada in its next rate moves

financialpost
Summary
Nutrition label

75% Informative

The Bank of Canada cut interest rates by 25 basis points to three per cent on Wednesday .

The central bank was mum on where it will go from here, which was a departure from recent practice.

Policymakers reduced interest rates for the sixth straight time, but still shy of the end rate in most economists’ opinions.

“The cross currents on the economic outlook are clouded enough that the bank eschewed any clear message about its plans for future moves,” one economist says.

Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday after cutting it three times in a row last year .

The Fed seeks to gauge where inflation is headed and what policies President Donald Trump may pursue.

Today ’s Data: United States quarterly GDP, initial jobless claims and pending home sales.

Bank of Canada could hit pause by March if no tariffs are put in place.

VR Score

82

Informative language

83

Neutral language

45

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

16

https://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//financialpost.com/news/bank-of-canada-struggles-tariffs-neutral-interest-rate&title=https://view.ceros.com/postmedia-network/posthaste-newsletter-signup/p/1https://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//financialpost.com/news/bank-of-canada-struggles-tariffs-neutral-interest-rate&title=Posthaste%3A%20Tariffs%20not%20the%20only%20uncertainty%20facing%20Bank%20of%20Canada%20in%20its%20next%20rate%20moveshttps://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/financialpost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/subhead_leading.pnghttps://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url= https%3A//financialpost.com/news/bank-of-canada-struggles-tariffs-neutral-interest-rate&text=Posthaste%3A%20Tariffs%20not%20the%20only%20uncertainty%20facing%20Bank%20of%20Canada%20in%20its%20next%20rate%20moves&via=https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mpr-2025-01-29.pdfhttps://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://financialpost.com/news/bank-of-canada-struggles-tariffs-neutral-interest-ratehttps://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/financialpost/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/subhead_marketsam.jpeghttps://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/financialpost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/subhead_breaking.pnghttps://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/financialpost/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/subhead_personal_finance_2.pnghttps://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://financialpost.com/news/bank-of-canada-struggles-tariffs-neutral-interest-rate&media=https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/financialpost/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tiff-macklem-gs0129.pnghttps://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url= https%3A//financialpost.com/news/bank-of-canada-struggles-tariffs-neutral-interest-ratehttps://www.youtube.com/@financialpost/videoshttps://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=https://financialpost.com/news/bank-of-canada-struggles-tariffs-neutral-interest-rate&title=Posthaste%3A%20Tariffs%20not%20the%20only%20uncertainty%20facing%20Bank%20of%20Canada%20in%20its%20next%20rate%20moveshttps://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/financialpost/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/subhead_reads.jpeghttps://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//financialpost.com/news/bank-of-canada-struggles-tariffs-neutral-interest-rate&text=Posthaste%3A%20Tariffs%20not%20the%20only%20uncertainty%20facing%20Bank%20of%20Canada%20in%20its%20next%20rate%20moves&via=