{"id":784,"date":"2026-04-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/?p=784"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:00:00","slug":"bank-of-canada-may-hike-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/?p=784","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Canada May Hike Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/paul-mann-4\/bank-canada-rates\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Canada\u2019s central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged, but said it could raise rates if needed.<br \/>\nOfficials said Middle East conflict could lift gasoline prices and boost inflation short term, with spillover risks contained.<br \/>\nThe governor said policymakers would look through immediate inflation impacts, but act if energy costs stayed high.<br \/>\nHe also said rates could be cut if energy prices fell and the economy weakened further.<br \/>\nAfter the decision, the Canadian dollar slipped slightly, while markets increased bets on a later rate hike.<br \/>\nI\u2019m watching Canada\u2019s central bank balance inflation risks from higher energy prices against a weak economy. Policymakers are holding steady for now, but they\u2019re signaling flexibility if conditions change.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged, but said it could raise rates if needed. Officials said Middle East conflict could lift gasoline prices and boost inflation short term, with spillover risks contained. The governor said policymakers would look through immediate inflation impacts, but act if energy costs stayed high. He also said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mannmortgages.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}