RBC Insights

The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate by another quarter point in March amid escalating U.S. trade tensions. The latest move marks the seventh consecutive cut, bringing the overnight rate to 2.75% from 3%.

The 2018–2019 U.S.-China trade conflict underscored how tariff uncertainty can dampen sentiment, depressing valuations even if the earnings impact turns out to be modest. Given an unusually wide range of potential tariff outcomes, what approach should investors take?

The ongoing steep decline in the costs of renewable electric power, now in its second decade, promises more abundant, cheaper supplies of electricity in the years to come.

A period of rapid-fire developments has understandably put investors on edge. We make sense of five catalysts tugging on stock markets and elucidate why we’re not ready to throw in the towel on the two-year-plus bull market just yet.

The effective U.S. tariff rate is now at its highest level since the 1940s after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on March 4. A new order was also signed for China, increasing tariffs to 20% from 10%.

The availability, adaptability and evolution of AI has made it easier for fraudsters to trick targets out of money and information.