Up, down, or stagnant? What do brokers forecast for the overnight rate?

It’s time to have your say and vote on when – and if – the Bank of Canada will change its overnight rate this year. Take our latest poll.

It’s time to have your say and vote on when – and if – the Bank of Canada will change its overnight rate this year. Take our latest poll.

Throughout 2014, many believed this year might be the first time since 2010 that the central bank would hike its benchmark rate – with the BoC, itself, even hinting at the eventual changes. However, some are now considering a rate cut.

“Markets are pricing in a 4-per-cent probability of an interest rate cut in Canada over the next 12 months,” Camilla Sutton, chief currency strategist of Bank of Nova Scotia told the Globe and Mail Tuesday.

Do brokers agree?

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