) are trading higher on Thursday as the market reacts to the Federal Reserve's updated Summary of Economic Projections. The data showed nine members believe three rate cuts will occur by the year's end. Chair Jerome Powell also claimed the Fed is seeking to slow the shrinking of its $7.5 trillion balance sheet.
Competition for customer deposits among Canadian banks is expected to intensify with the likely onset of lower interest rates as clients divert funds parked in high-yielding fixed income products to riskier investments in search of better returns, analysts and executives say. For banks, sticky customer deposits are a cheaper source of funding that keeps costs under check and boosts lending margins.
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