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Bailout World update

Canada cuts rates by 3/4 percent

The Bank of Canada has dramatically cut its key interest rate by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point, blaming a “broader and deeper” global slowdown for driving Canada into recession.

The central bank’s overnight lending rate now stands at 1.50 per cent, a generational low and the likes of which have not been seen since the 1950s.

In response, however, Canada’s major banks cut their prime lending rates by only half a percentage point, to 3.5 per cent, rather than following with a full three-quarters of a point reduction.

Canada’s central bank joins a host of other central…

10Dec2008 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | Continued
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