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Canada:

• Expect four more rate increases in the second half of 2022. The business prime lending rate, currently at 2.70%, is expected to be 4.20% or more by year-end 2022.
• The combination of higher interest rates and persistently disruptive inflation is expected to reach a tipping point this fall. Mortgage rates will likely hit levels that will cause a pullback of home buying. House prices will likely retreat from unsustainable levels in the most overvalued markets.
• There is some underlying good news. A recent survey in Canada shows an increase of 7.8% in private capital spending intentions in 2022 for non-residential construction and machinery and equipment. It also reported that public sector capital spending intentions in Canada show a 9.8% increase for 2022.

U.S.:

• In the best-case scenario from the Ukraine War, inflation remains in the 7-8% range for the remainder of 2022 before moving down to 4-5% in 2023.
• Trade logistics and banking transactions will not return to normal. Supply problems will continue. After a spring pick-up in response to the end of the Omicron wave, expect an increasingly sluggish U.S. economy, with economic growth approaching only 1% by year end.

International:

• The food producing, energy, automotive and electronic industries are experiencing new supply disruptions because of the war in Ukraine and China’s pandemic lockdowns.
• Ukraine’s commodity infrastructure is seriously damaged; it cannot recover quickly. It is a big supplier of grains and neon gas (used in semiconductor production).

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