/** * ============================================================================= * QWHPI — Quebec Weekly Housing Price Index * Author : Simon-Pierre Boucher * Contact : contact@spboucher.ai * File : web/lib/events.ts * Purpose : Market event annotations (Bank of Canada policy milestones) * overlaid on index charts. * ============================================================================= */ export interface MarketEvent { period: string; // YYYY-MM label: string; short: string; } // Bank of Canada policy-rate milestones relevant to the 2021-2026 window. export const MARKET_EVENTS: MarketEvent[] = [ { period: "2022-03", label: "BoC starts hiking (0.25% → 0.50%)", short: "First hike" }, { period: "2022-07", label: "BoC +100 bp surprise hike", short: "+100 bp" }, { period: "2023-07", label: "Policy rate peaks at 5.00%", short: "Peak 5%" }, { period: "2024-06", label: "BoC first rate cut", short: "First cut" }, ];