<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
<terms url="https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/"></terms>
<groupDetail>
    <label>Most firms expect no changes in their prime rate in the near term</label>
    <description><![CDATA[When do you expect the prime rate on your loans (from domestic lenders) to increase?
* Percentage of firms reporting their expectations on the prime rate]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=217947</link>
</groupDetail>
<seriesDetail>
<series id="BOS_2020Q4_C5_S1">
<label>Share of firms*</label>
<description>Share of firms*</description>
<dimension key="k" name="Category"/>
</series>
</seriesDetail>
<observations>
<o k="Within the next year"><v s="BOS_2020Q4_C5_S1">4</v></o>
<o k="1–2 years"><v s="BOS_2020Q4_C5_S1">24</v></o>
<o k="2–3 years"><v s="BOS_2020Q4_C5_S1">34</v></o>
<o k="3–4 years"><v s="BOS_2020Q4_C5_S1">10</v></o>
<o k="4 or more years"><v s="BOS_2020Q4_C5_S1">4</v></o>
<o k="Not applicable"><v s="BOS_2020Q4_C5_S1">3</v></o>
<o k="Don't know"><v s="BOS_2020Q4_C5_S1">21</v></o>
</observations>
</data>