USD/CAD is not overvalued at current levels – ING

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

Canada August employment +39.9K vs +15.0K expected

Prior was -6.4K Full time +32.2K vs +1.7K prior Part time +7.8K vs -8.1K prior Participation rate 65.5% vs 65.6% prior Average hourly wages permanent employees +5.2% y/y vs +4.7% expected (+5.0% prior) Total average hourly wages 4.9% y/y vs 5.0% prior Unemployment rate 5.5% vs 5.5% prior Participation rate 61.9% vs 62.0% prior Involuntary

Canada August S&P Global PMI 48.0 vs 49.6 prior

Canada PMI Prior was 49.6 Fourth month below 50 Lowest since June 2020 Fifth straight decline in new orders; lowest since March Full report Commenting on the latest survey results, Paul Smith, Economics Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence said: “Canada’s manufacturing sector continued to struggle during August, with output and new orders falling at

Reminder: Monday is a holiday in the US and Canada

Monday is Labor Day in the United States and Canada so the stock, bond and futures markets will be closed while the FX market will be severely thinned. The economic calendar is bare and I wouldn’t expect too much drama. Remember: Safety first in the forex market لینک منبع : هوشمند نیوز

June Canada retail sales +0.1% vs +0.0% expected

Prior was +0.2% June advance reading was 0.0% Ex autos -0.8% vs +0.3% expected (prior was 0.0%, revised to -0.3%) July advance reading +0.4% June year-over-year sales -0.6% vs +0.5% prior Sales ex autos y/y -3.3% Vehicle sales are the only thing holding up sales and I wonder how much of that is delayed orders

Canada June building permits +6.1% vs -3.5% expected

Canada building permits Prior was +10.5% Permits at $11.6 billion 67.2% monthly increase in the institutional component largely due to two hospital permits Non-residential permits increased 20.4% Residential permits declined 1.8% to $6.9 billion in June The total value of building permits in the second quarter declined 1.0% from the first quarter but residential up