News of the day: Big bank optimism, rising inflation, REIT sector shrinking, would-be rate cuts, investment portfolio stress and more

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Canada’s economy remains sluggish, as evidenced by the recent lacklustre gross domestic product and job numbers, but that didn’t stop the heads of the country’s biggest banks from maintaining their optimism about future growth and the country’s potential to become an energy superpower.

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gas pump Gas prices have soared because of the Iran war. Photo by JULIE OLIVER/Postmedia

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Canada’s inflation rate accelerated to 2.4 per cent in March, up from 1.8 per cent in February, as gasoline prices spiked because of oil supply disruptions in the ongoing Iran war.

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Parkway Mall First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust owns 136 shopping centres, including the Parkway Mall in Toronto. Photo by First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust

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Investing in publicly traded real estate is going to get even harder now that one of Canada’s largest shopping mall operators is going private.

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The Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. The Bank of Canada will be on the lookout for rising inflation expectations should energy prices continue to weigh on Canadians and businesses. Photo by David Kawai/Bloomberg

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Markets are paring back their bets for a rate hike after the consumer price index accelerated to 2.4 per cent year over year in March from 1.8 per cent in February, mostly on higher gasoline prices.

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Bonds appear to have lost their risk-management ability in an environment defined by fiscal excess, currency risk and policy uncertainty, writes Martin Pelletier. Bonds appear to have lost their risk-management ability in an environment defined by fiscal excess, currency risk and policy uncertainty, writes Martin Pelletier. Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images files

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An important risk is quietly building beneath the surface that many Canadians may be overlooking, one that could accelerate now that Prime Minister Mark Carney has secured a parliamentary majority.

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