{"id":64439,"date":"2025-09-20T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/09\/20\/are-variable-or-fixed-rates-better-after-bank-of-canada-cut-fp-video\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T10:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:00:52","slug":"are-variable-or-fixed-rates-better-after-bank-of-canada-cut-fp-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/09\/20\/are-variable-or-fixed-rates-better-after-bank-of-canada-cut-fp-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Are variable or fixed rates better after Bank of Canada cut? FP video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fixed or variable: Which is best after rate cut?\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r1LB4f2POCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> This week FP video takes a close look at whether <\/p>\n<p>                        variable<\/p>\n<p>                         or fixed mortgage rates are better after the <\/p>\n<p>                        Bank of Canada<\/p>\n<p>                        \u2018s latest <\/p>\n<p>                        interest rate cut<\/p>\n<p>                         and the factors driving the central bank\u2019s rate decisions. Plus, why a <\/p>\n<p>                        new pipeline<\/p>\n<p>                         won\u2019t bring back Canada\u2019s massive oil boom. <\/p>\n<h2>Pipe Dream: Why nation-building may not revive the oilpatch<\/h2>\n<p> Remember the massive oil boom over a decade ago? Downtown was booming, jobs were plentiful, and oil companies were flush with cash. It felt like the good times would never end. But even if a new pipeline gets built, that era may be gone for good. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pipe Dream: Why nation-building may not revive the oilpatch\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DpKeYKD4Zwg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Bank of Canada\u2019s rate cut driven by shifting risks<\/h2>\n<p> Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC Capital Markets, talks with Financial Post\u2019s Larysa Harapyn about how shifting risks are informing the Bank of Canada\u2019s rate decisions. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bank of Canada&#039;s rate cut driven by shifting risks\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBxgNB75Q6E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Fixed or variable? Which is best after rate cut?<\/h2>\n<p> Ron Butler, mortgage broker at Butler Mortgage, talks about what the Bank of Canada rate cut means for borrowers, and whether fixed or variable is the better option. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"related_links\">\n<li>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening in currency markets and more: FP video<\/li>\n<li>Why Simons is betting on the future of Canadian retail: FP video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<br \/>Are variable or fixed rates better after Bank of Canada cut? 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