BoC may hike interest rates in October

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Published: August 3, 2017

Bank of Canada

OTTAWA (Reuters) — With no public speeches scheduled before its September interest rate decision, the Bank of Canada has signaled it is comfortable with market expectations that a rate hike won’t happen until October at the earliest, analysts say.

The central bank’s July rate hike, the first in seven years, was preceded by a flurry of speeches and interviews by top officials providing signals.

Markets see a 70 percent chance of a rate increase at the bank’s October meeting.

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