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Historical Bank Rate Cut!!!
January 21st, 2009Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target by 1/2 percentage point to 1 per cent
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-half of a percentage point to 1 per cent. The operating band for the overnight rate is correspondingly lowered, and the Bank Rate is now 1 1/4 per cent.
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