{"id":57176,"date":"2025-03-10T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/03\/10\/bank-of-canada-expected-to-cut-interest-rate-on-march-12\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:56:50","slug":"bank-of-canada-expected-to-cut-interest-rate-on-march-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/03\/10\/bank-of-canada-expected-to-cut-interest-rate-on-march-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Canada expected to cut interest rate on March 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Economy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Balancing weaker economic growth but higher inflation, central bank may trim rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Mar 10, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta__bottom\">\n<div class=\"bookmark-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover\" data-aqa=\"popover\" data-click-to-appear=\"True\" data-container=\"\" data-container-offset=\"\" data-no-style=\"\" data-popover-component=\"\" data-position=\"top\" data-sticky=\"\" data-tail-offset=\"200\" data-tail-position=\"right\"><button class=\"popover__trigger bookmark-button\"><span class=\"save-article-button save-article-button--default\" title=\"Save article\" data-article-id=\"0d20cc89-3463-441e-a1de-bb173fd389aa\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<div aria-describedby=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\" class=\"popover__content\" hidden=\"\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__text\" id=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\">\n<div class=\"bookmark__popover__content\">\n<p>You can save this article by registering for free here. 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Thompson\/National Post files<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">The Bank of Canada is expected to cut its interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, amid trade uncertainty with the United States.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The move would bring <span>the policy rate to 2.75 per cent and <\/span>mean a seventh consecutive cut to the central bank\u2019s policy rate, which currently sits at three per cent, still near the top of the central bank\u2019s neutral range of 2.25 to 3.25 per cent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group 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Howe Institute. \u201cCertainly, with this much uncertainty, I think there is a lot of value in signalling that support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">During the last rate announcement in January, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said policymakers will have to balance the impact a tariff shock, which could lead to weaker economic growth, but higher inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Economists say recent data suggest there would have been a case made for the bank to hold its rate on Wednesday, absent any trade conflict. Canada\u2019s economy finished stronger than expected in the fourth quarter of 2024, growing at an annual pace of 2.6 per cent. 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Trade conflict could wipe out three per cent from Canada\u2019s GDP over the next two years.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment4100778190010992830651335559872512\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing you try to do as a central banker is you try to be forward looking,\u201d said Kronick. \u201cIf it\u2019s hard to predict where we\u2019re going to be in 24 months in normal times, it\u2019s even harder in the era we\u2019re living in today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macklem has said monetary policy cannot completely offset the impacts of a trade war with the U.S. Federal and provincial governments are expected to provide targeted supports to workers and businesses affected by the tariffs, with the central bank playing a supportive role in helping the economy adjust.<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel6289823931429417798809601439694848\" class=\"more-topic\" data-aqa=\"embed-more-topic\" data-carousel-component=\"\" data-carousel-icon-button=\"\" data-carousel-type=\"list\">\n<p>Recommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" data-carousel-prev=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"previous\" type=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<ol class=\"more-topic__items list-unstyled\" data-carousel-slide-list=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" of=\"\" canada=\"\" rate=\"\" cut=\"\" soup=\"\" to=\"\" economy=\"\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is expected to cut interest rates to 2.75 per cent Wednesday. \" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bank-of-canada-0310-ph.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80&amp;sig=M4tsLi2F6cahvg8uxDl_7Q\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bank-of-canada-0310-ph.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=5&amp;sig=zKx7mX3i2tnL8zojE-A4-w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bank-of-canada-0310-ph.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80&amp;sig=M4tsLi2F6cahvg8uxDl_7Q, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bank-of-canada-0310-ph.jpg?h=192&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80&amp;sig=DJ9znF38Jo5IWIWpWcfbLA 2x,&#10; 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