Too few people understand how government debt sends home prices higher.
The more money the government needs, the more bonds the BOC has to purchase.
This drives down rates across the board — from the government’s rate to mortgage rates.
This does two things.
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2/ One: It makes it cheaper to borrow more money. Traditions economics says this lowers the cost of servicing, but in environments where prices are rising, it just allows them to grow faster.
Traditional analysis does not apply when the state creates a non-market environment.
3/ Two: it lowers fixed income investments, and crowds investors out of the market.
If an institution had a billion to lend to the gov for 2%, and that falls to 1%, they look elsewhere. They don’t want to lose inflation.