{"id":1522,"date":"2026-04-25T08:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/bank-of-canada-expected-to-hold-rates-at-2-25-next-week\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:02:28","slug":"bank-of-canada-expected-to-hold-rates-at-2-25-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/bank-of-canada-expected-to-hold-rates-at-2-25-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Canada Expected to Hold Rates at 2.25% Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Bank of Canada prepares for its April 29 interest rate decision, market consensus remains clear: a hold is imminent. Despite recent inflation spikes\u2014with March data showing a 2.4% annual increase\u2014TD Bank\u2019s deputy chief economist, Derek Burleton, suggests the central bank will likely treat the current inflationary pressure as a temporary shock linked to geopolitical volatility in Iran. Speaking at the recent CMBA-ON conference in Mississauga, Burleton emphasized that with the economy currently in a soft state, the Bank of Canada is unlikely to repeat the aggressive tightening seen in 2022. For GTA homeowners and prospective buyers, this signals continued stability at a 2.25% policy rate. Burleton noted that if the Bank does shift its stance, a rate cut is more probable than a hike, given the ongoing drag from U.S. tariffs. For more expert analysis, read the full report at MPA Magazine.<\/p>\n

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Economists predict a hold on interest rates next week as the BoC looks past temporary inflation spikes to prioritize economic stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[260,447,630,213,212],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-data","tag-bank-of-canada","tag-gta-real-estate","tag-inflation","tag-interest-rates","tag-mortgage-rates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}