Bird Moore Advisory Group at RJ LTD

10/15/2026

The U.S. Fed has moved back into a hiking cycle, increasing its policy rate by 25 bps, to 4.00%.

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10/12/2026

09/08/2026

The Bank of Canada (BoC) held its policy rate at 2.25%, as conflicting pressures, but a still relatively resilient economy, with 2Q26 GDP recording robust growth of 3.3% and the unemployment rate stable at 6.4%, buys time for policymakers to wait and see.

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08/07/2026

Canadian GDP rebounded 0.5% from March to April, easing concerns about the very modest declines in 4Q25 and 1Q26 that were labeled as a "technical recession".

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07/14/2026

Canadian GDP rebounded 0.5% from March to April, easing concerns about the very modest declines in 4Q25 and 1Q26 that were labeled as a "technical recession".

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06/10/2026

Canadian GDP declined 0.1% in 1Q26, which was below the 1.5% growth expected in the Bank of Canada (BoC) forecast.

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05/12/2026

The Bank of Canada (BoC) held its policy rate at 2.25% at the end of April, noting that a wide range of possible outcomes on significant events like the war in Iran, affecting the price of oil, and trade uncertainty, with the upcoming USMCA review, could introduce scenarios that could prompt rate cuts or hikes.

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05/11/2026

On April 28, 2026, Canada's Minister of Finance, François-Philippe Ch*****ne, presented the federal government's 2026 Spring Economic Update. We have summarized selected highlights of the personal and business tax measures and their potential impact on Canadians and Canadian businesses.

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