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Canada's cap on interest rates has coincided with a surge in unlicensed lenders targeting vulnerable borrowers, creating consumer-protection and shadow-lending risks. Former President Trump has proposed similar rate caps in the US, raising political risk and the potential for displacement of credit into unregulated lenders.

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Canada's cap on interest rates has coincided with a surge in unlicensed lenders targeting vulnerable borrowers, creating consumer-protection and shadow-lending risks. Former President Trump has proposed similar rate caps in the US, raising political risk and the potential for displacement of credit into unregulated lenders.

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