Manulife flips to rate-hike camp. Manulife Financial now expects the Bank of Canada to raise rates at its next two meetings starting Oct. 28, abandoning its long-held hold call. Strategist Dominique Lapointe points to core inflation running near 3% annualized for two straight months and warns Middle East conflict could spark broader second-round price pressures.
Toronto and Vancouver named world's weakest housing markets. UBS's global real estate bubble index...