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Markets · 3 Nov 2026Policy rateBank of Canada2.50%YieldsCA 2Y3.26%CA 5Y3.49%+3 bpCA 10Y3.77%+3 bpCanadian dollarCAD/USD0.7146−0.11%CAD/EUR0.6385−0.02%CAD/GBP0.5325−0.15%CAD/JPY113.25+0.34%CryptoBTCUS$80,498+3.84%ETHUS$2,437+6.41%

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Consumer & everyday life

The everyday costs of living, from fuel to groceries to the Canadian dollar.

The desk’s latest view · 9 OctoberAfter September’s 68,300 job loss, the Bank of Canada holds at 2.25% on 28 October and a December rate increase is less likely than markets priced yesterday.We would change this view if a September CPI on 19 October above 3.2%, or wage growth above 3% in the October Labour Force Survey, would put inflation back ahead…
Entrance of the Service Canada office in the Sinclair Centre in downtown VancouverFri 9 Oct 2026 · Morning BriefCanada lost 68,300 jobs in September, a second straight monthly decline, and the unemployment rate rose to 6.5%, against a Reuters consensus for a gain of 9,200.Container cranes at the Port of Vancouver, seen across the water from Stanley ParkWed 7 Oct 2026 · Morning BriefCanada’s merchandise trade surplus widened to $4.2 billion in August from $787 million in July, with exports to the United States up 8.1% ahead of the 50% US tariffs that took effect on 22 August.The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C.Thu 24 Sep 2026 · Morning BriefThe U.S. 30-year Treasury yield reached 5.39% on Wednesday, its highest since 2004, after the strongest U.S. business survey in five years, and the Government of Canada 10-year followed to about 3.86% while the TSX fell 584 points and the dollar slipped to 70.94 U.S. cents.Shipping containers and cranes at an industrial portWed 9 Sep 2026 · Morning BriefCanada’s counter-tariffs on $27.6 billion of U.S. goods took effect on Monday, the same week oil returned to US$97 and markets moved to a 60% chance of a U.S. rate hike on 16 September.

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All information in this material is as of 4 November 2026 unless otherwise indicated. Market figures shown in the live rails are supplied by the sources named beneath them and may be delayed.

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