• The Bank of Canada (BoC) on Wednesday held its key overnight interest rate at 5%, noting that the economy had entered a period of weaker growth, but said it could raise borrowing costs again should inflationary pressures persist.
• The central bank hiked rates by a quarter point in both June and July in a bid to tame stubbornly high inflation, which has remained above the bank’s 2% target for 27 months.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/bank-canada-holds-rates-says-further-hikes-possible-2023-09-06/