The Bank of Canada is confused. And when it’s confused, it stops what it’s doing until it figures things out. Canada’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per The Bank of Canada as reduced its key rate by 1.00% to 0.75%. Before March 4th, Bank of Canada Target Rate (and Bank Prime Rate) had not changed since October 2018. No economists had anticipated rate drops this large. With this move, the Bank of Canada matches the Emergency rate drop on March 3rd by the U.S. Federal Reserve. What to know about the above mortgage rates: Rates shown are based on a conforming, first-lien mortgage loan amount of $175,000 for a single-family, owner-occupied residence with a maximum loan to value ratio of 75%, a 0.25% interest rate discount, 1 2 for a qualified client with eligible KeyBank checking and savings or investment accounts, mortgage rate lock period of 60 days, an excellent