also fell as investors awaited a potential 50-basis point interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve when it makes its policy decision on Wednesday.
"You have this balancing act that the Fed and the Bank of Canada need to do, to bring down the economy slowly to bring down inflation, but don't bring it down too much where the whole country goes into a deep recession," said Allan Small, senior investment advisor of the Allan Small Financial Group with iA Private Wealth.
The Bank of Canada will likely need to keep interest rates at or above 4% for most of 2023 to cool an overheated economy and tame high inflation, the