Share: The Bank of Canada (BoC) announced on Wednesday that it left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5% following the October policy meeting. This decision came in line with the market expectation. BoC Governor Tiff Macklem will explain the policy decisions and comment on the policy outlook in a press conference starting
Share: Economists at TD Securities discuss the Bank of Canada (BoC) Interest Rate Decision and its implications for the USD/CAD pair. Hawkish (25%) 25 bps hike. BoC hikes to 5.25%. Bank remains concerned that sticky inflation will delay the normalization of wage/inflation expectations, risking a wage-price spiral. October MPR still projects a soft
Share: Canadian Dollar catching some lift as the broad-market US Dollar Index recedes. The Bank of Canada lands with its next rate call on Wednesday. Market sentiment is improving on Monday, sending the Greenback lower. The Canadian Dollar (CAD) is finding some lift to kick off the new trading week, bolstered by investors
Recommended by Manish Jaradi Get Your Free Top Trading Opportunities Forecast Global equity markets fell sharply in the week on escalating tensions in the Middle East and the surging US Treasury yields after the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell left open the door for further tightening. The MSCI All Country World index dropped 2.4%,
Share: USD/CAD refreshes day low as higher oil prices strengthen the Canadian Dollar. Canadian Retail Sales report indicates that automobile demand remained weak. The US Dollar turned soft due to neutral guidance from Fed Powell. The USD/CAD pair faces selling pressure after a less-confident pullback move to near the round-level resistance of 1.3700
MON: Bank of Israel Announcement, EZ Consumer Confidence (Oct), US National Activity Index (Oct) TUE: German GfK Consumer Confidence (Nov), EZ/UK/US Flash PMIs WED: BoC Announcement, NBH Announcement, Australian CPI (Q3/Sep), German Ifo Survey (Oct) THU: ECB Announcement, CBRT Announcement, South Korean GDP Advanced (Q3), US GDP Advanced (Q3) FRI: CBR Announcement, Japanese Tokyo CPI
Share: The USD and risk sentiment are the biggest factors driving CAD. Economists at TD Securities analyze Loonie’s outlook. Fading USD/CAD rallies ahead of 1.38 The direction of the broad USD and risk sentiment will dictate the price action of the Canadian Dollar in the near term. We like leaning against the recent
Share: Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Friday that they were concerned because they were not really seeing a downward momentum in inflation, per Reuters. Key quotes “Bank of Canada is not expecting a recession in Canada.” “When bank releases economic projections on October 25, we’re not going to be forecasting
Share: Canadian jobs figures may tilt market pricing towards another BoC rate hike, but watch for data volatility, economists at ING report. Key jobs figures to steer rate expectations As it often happens, Canadian jobs figures will be released at the same time as the US ones, and the USD/CAD reaction will depend
USD/CAD ANLAYSIS & TALKING POINTS Quiet trading anticipated today. US CPI under the spotlight tomorrow. USD/CAD negative divergence progresses. Trade Smarter – Sign up for the DailyFX Newsletter Receive timely and compelling market commentary from the DailyFX team Subscribe to Newsletter CANADIAN DOLLAR FUNDAMENTAL BACKDROP The Canadian dollar has managed to maintain strength against the
