Posthaste: Bank of Canada's shock rate hike comes with 'significant risks,' economists warn

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Bank of Canada\u0027s 100\u002Dbasis\u002Dpoint interest rate hike aims at a soft landing for Canada\u0027s economy, but economists say there are risks. Read on

last week as front loading that historically has raised the chance of a soft landing for the economy.

“A soft landing here is a bit like trying to parallel park a car at 60 miles an hour,” Mark Wiseman, chair of Alberta Investment Management Corp., said on BNN Bloomberg Television. “You have to be not just a skilled driver, but an extremely skilled driver and a little bit lucky.” This would reduce the buying power of the median income household from just above $700,000 to $500,000 — not a lot when the benchmark home price in June was $807,000, he said.

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