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  1. Jan 2024
    1. Interest rate cuts are coming, but the Bank of Canada won't say whenCanadian households, clobbered by rising interest rates, are desperate for word from the Bank of Canada on when they may start to fall. But central bank governor Tiff Macklem refuses to give them a "false sense of precision."

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    2. told Canadians they would remain low for a long time.

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    3. Tiff Macklem says inflationary pressures have to ease further before the Bank of Canada can lower interest rates.

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    4. Rates could start falling by summer: economists

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    5. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem, right, and Carolyn Rogers, senior deputy governor, speak to reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday. The bank announced it was leaving its key overnight lending rate unchanged at five per cent, citing inflation and concerns it would be forced to backtrack. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

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