There could be bad news for anyone with a mortgage this week, as speculation is growing that the Bank of Canada is getting ready to start raising lending rates again.

After hiking its benchmark interest rate repeatedly in a bid to rein in runaway inflation, the central bank hit pause on hikes in January, saying it needed time to gauge the impact on the economy.

That pause, though a strong indication the bank hoped the battle had been won, was anything but certain, as central bank governor Tiff Macklem made clear in a speech soon after the decision.

"This pause is conditional," he said. "It depends on whether the economy develops as we think it will and whether inflation continues to fall."

내일이 발표일인데 0.25% 인상 확률이 40% 정도라고 함. 이번에 안올리더라도 올해 안에 인상 가능성 있다고.