BENGALURU, June 13 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada will raise interest rates again in July to 5.00% after a surprise 25 basis point increase last week, according to economists polled by Reuters, who unanimously said the main risk was the central bank might have to do more.
The BoC will hike its overnight rate by 25 basis points to 5.00% at next month's meeting, according to 20 of 25 economists in a snap June 8-13 Reuters poll.
"When you resume hiking, you don't resume for one 25 basis point hike.
All but three of 25 economists forecast the overnight rate to peak at 5.00% or higher, 50 basis points more than was predicted in the last survey published on June 2.
Only one of 25 economists expected a rate cut this year, compared with five in the last poll.
Persons:
underscoring, Sebastien Lavoie, Lavoie, Doug Porter, Milounee Purohit, Sarupya Ganguly, Ross Finley, Sharon Singleton
Organizations:
Bank of Canada, Reuters, BoC, Laurentian Bank, BMO Capital Markets, Thomson
Locations:
BENGALURU