Market Projects Prime Rising To 2.75%
Canada’s key lending rate is headed at least 1/4 point higher in eight days…that is, if the financial markets are right.Here’s the latest…
- Friday’s eye-popping employment report has lifted the odds of a quarter-point hike to 96%, based on the price of overnight index swaps.
- Bankers' acceptance (BA) yields have averaged 20 bps above the overnight rate since 1992. Their current 0.94% level also points to a 25 bps rate increase.
- Every last one of Canada's primary securities dealers is now predicting a 25 basis point hike this month, according to a Reuters poll on Friday. Not only that, but every single dealer also forecastsanother rate increase in September.
If the overnight rate does rise to 0.75% on July 20,prime rate will likely move to 2.75%. The last time prime was above 2.50% was February 2009.
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