Why the Bank of Canada cut the key interest rate

The 50-basis-point cut, reducing the rate to 3.75. per cent, is 'to support economic growth and keep inflation close to the middle' of the one per cent to three per cent range, the Bank explained.
Tiff Macklem
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, pictured on July 24, announced Wednesday that the central bank has again cut the interest rate.

The Bank of Canada announced Wednesday that it was reducing the key interest rate from 4.25 per cent to 3.75 per cent.

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