Canadian interest rate announcement – SFU experts available

The Bank of Canada will make its next announcement on the interest rate tomorrow (Wednesday, July 24), with speculation that it will cut rates for the second time in succession, after more than four years of increases and high rates greatly affected Canadians' buying power and cost of living.

SFU experts are available to speak on how a rate decrease may impact everything from commodities to the housing market and the cost of living.

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance
apavlov@sfu.ca
Expertise: the interest rate’s impact on Canadian housing markets and affordability; effects on the provincial and national economy.

LUCAS HERRENBRUECK, associate professor, economics
herrenbrueck@sfu.ca
Expertise: effects of interest rate changes on inflation, the price of assets, and monetary policies.

LINDSAY MEREDITH, professor emeritus, marketing
meredith@sfu.ca
Expertise: how changes to the interest rate impact the medical industry; economic impacts on consumers and housing prices.

CONTACT

MATT KIELTYKA, SFU Communications & Marketing 
236.880.2187 | matt_kieltyka@sfu.ca

Simon Fraser University
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778.782.3210

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