70% of small business owners are feeling the pinch of higher rates
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A Canadian Federation of Independent Business poll taken after the Bank of Canada raised it key rate to 3.25 per cent in September found that seven out of 10 small business owners expect interest rate hikes to have a negative impact on their operations. “While keeping inflation at reasonable levels is definitely an important policy goal, the rate increase comes at a time when 62 per cent of small businesses are still saddled with pandemic debt, for an average of $158,000,” said CFIB chief economist Simon Gaudreault when the poll was released earlier this month.
“Doing business in Canada is becoming too costly. Rising costs, compounded with interest rate hikes and difficulties finding staff, are putting business owners in a tough spot.
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