Strathcona County has successfully negotiated with water service provider Epcor to resolve water rates from 2008 to 2011, along with establishing rates for 2012 and beyond.
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Mortgage rates today are way below normal. Or are they?
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty called Canada’s low interest rates an “anomaly” last week, echoing warnings that other government officials have been making since 2009. But one of the country’s best-known economists believes today’s rates are closer to normal than many think.
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Fed won’t raise U.S. rates until well into 2015, traders bet
(Reuters) – Traders are betting the Federal Reserve will wait well into 2015 to raise interest rates after a U.S. government report showed the labor market lost steam even before this month’s government shutdown.
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Winners and losers as Canada bids adieu to record-low interest rates
As Canadians sat on lakeside docks or headed elsewhere on vacation this summer, forces at work in the bond market have helped to reshape many of their financial futures.
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Canadian interest rate forecast for August 2013
VANCOUVER, BC, July 31, 2013/ Troy Media/ – After the fireworks in June’s bond market, July was relatively tame. Rates held steady on the long-end while easing on the short-end of the yield curve amidst U.S. Fed clarification on the path of quantitative easing (QE) tapering and a flow of generally downbeat global economic data. Central banks have signaled accommodative policies through the nearto- medium term, providing little impetus for change in our rate outlook.
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The Number Of US Homes Lost To Foreclosure Fell 20%
Completed foreclosures in the U.S. fell 20% year-over-year to 55,000 in June, according to CoreLogic’s latest foreclosure report. On an annual basis this was the 19th straight month of declines in completed foreclosure But this was up 2.5% from the previous month.
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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz signals rates to stay static for some time
OTTAWA — Canada’s economy is still in for a choppy ride, even as the climate appears to be improving here and elsewhere.
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City spending shaved as Edmonton faces 5% tax hike in 2014
EDMONTON – City councillors cut $7 million from 2014 spending plans Tuesday during their last budget meeting before the final documents are released in November.
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Apartments reap rewards of rising rates
Just as the housing recovery was gaining steam, rising mortgage rates threw a wrench in it and turned down the heat. But it’s not all bad news, not for rental apartments.
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Mortgage rates: Nowhere to go but up?
This week’s sharp increase in mortgage rates — the biggest one-week leap in 26 years — won’t likely be repeated, but a long era of historically low rates may be over.
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 4.46%, the highest in almost two years, and up from under 4% the week before.
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