Bay Street Edition

Canada’s ‘Mortgage Wall’ Worries Are Easing as Rate Outlook Shifts

Also: why RBC’s CEO says the country is on the wrong path

A home for sale in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Now that rates are falling, there’s renewed debate over how bad the mortgage ‘payment shock’ will be for Canadian homeowners.

Photographer: Taehoon Kim/Bloomberg

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