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The Bank of Canada held interest rates steady at 5% on September 6. Economists are cautious in their predictions for future rates, but are broadly optimistic.
Rising mortgage rates are impacting increasing numbers of Canadians. But Benjamon Tal, deputy chief economist of CIBC informs that a large number of mortgage and other household debt holders will not be impacted in 2023.
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