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Interest rates have risen rapidly this year, triggered by the Bank of Canada’s efforts to curb inflation, and the July MNP Consumer Debt Index found that 59% of Canadians “are already feeling the effects of interest rate increases.” Why has the impact been so widespread? In part, due to the rising popularity of variable rate mortgages. According to...