{"id":64,"date":"2026-09-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/bank-of-canada-holds-2-25-key-rate\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:00:00","slug":"bank-of-canada-holds-2-25-key-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/bank-of-canada-holds-2-25-key-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Canada Holds 2.25% Key Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/anita-shumlick\/boc-sep-hld\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>The Bank of Canada has opted to keep its key interest rate steady at 2.25%. This decision comes as Canada\u2019s economy continues to recover\u2014GDP grew by 3.3% in Q2 and unemployment has dipped to 6.4% as of July. As someone dedicated to helping buyers and sellers make informed real estate decisions, I keep a close watch on these updates. Interest rate changes can influence everything from mortgage options to home affordability, so it\u2019s important to stay prepared for the next rate announcement on October 28, 2026, when the Bank will revisit inflation and economic trends. My approach always includes keeping clients informed so they can make confident moves in the Ontario market.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bank of Canada has opted to keep its key interest rate steady at 2.25%. This decision comes as Canada\u2019s economy continues to recover\u2014GDP grew by 3.3% in Q2 and unemployment has dipped to 6.4% as of July. As someone dedicated to helping buyers and sellers make informed real estate decisions, I keep a close [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}