Survey Results April 2017

2017-04-01 minute read

MNP Consumer Debt Index

MNP Press Releases

Three in ten Albertans say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have
One in three Ontarians say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have
Nearly thirty per cent of Atlantic Canadians say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have
Nearly forty per cent of British Columbians concerned about making debt payments if interest rates increase
One in three Saskatchewan and Manitoba residents say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have
Three in ten Canadians say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have

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Press Highlights

National

Pattie Lovett-Reid: Consumers Are Headed for Trouble When, Not If, Rates Rise (BNN)
CTV News TV Broadcast with Pattie Lovett-Reid
Could you handle a 33 per cent interest-rate hike on your debt? If not, start paying it off now (Global News)
BNN TV broadcast with Pattie Lovett-Reid
Care-free attitude': Survey Shows Canadians would borrow more if rates fall (BNN)
One in three Ontarians say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have (Exchange Magazine)
Three in ten Canadians say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have (Yahoo Finance)
CTV News TV Broadcast with Pattie Lovett-Reid

British Columbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Manitobans Need to Pay Down Debt, Survey Shows (Winnipeg Free Press)

Ontario

Quebec

CJAD 800 radio broadcast