An overview of this week's federal budget First National’s always popular Treasury Guy occupies the lead position with his commentary on bond yields and housing initiatives in this spring’s federal government budget.

 

First National comments on key CMHC policy enhancements CMHC made several important policy changes affecting its MLI Select program that are reviewed and endorsed in this special First National report.

No change in Bank of Canada benchmark interest rate today Even though the Bank of Canada sat on his hands in April, declining to reduce its policy interest rate, this synopsis of the Bank’s announcement was the quarter’s third most referenced article. 

Jeremy Wedgbury's spring market and business update This state of the market and business report written by the head of First National’s commercial lending team leans into topical items including multi-unit residential property cap rates, the value of interest rate hedging and construction inflation.