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Canada

Special Report

In this Special Report, BCA’s Foreign Exchange Strategy and Global Fixed Income Strategy teams argue that as the lagged impact of higher interest rates hits the Canadian economy, what will initially appear as a potential hard landing will morph into a mild slowdown. During the process, Canadian government bonds will outperform, and the CAD will drop, setting the stage for a coiled-spring rebound.

Over the past few months, Canadian employment gains have been a source of positive surprise. January’s 150k increase (10 times higher than expectations) is just the latest in a series of strong beats. Although the initial massive October (108k) and December…

In this Strategy Insight, we go over the RBA’s recent decision and the implications of its hawkish message for AUD trades.

In this Strategy Insight, we go over the RBA’s recent decision and the implications of its hawkish message for AUD trades.

This week, we articulate what the actions of the three major central banks that met (Fed, ECB and BoE) mean for currency markets. This is within the context of our analysis of the latest data releases in the G10, that allows us to calibrate currency strategy.

The latest data show a deterioration in the housing markets in Canada and New Zealand. In particular, the 7.3% m/m decline in Canadian building permits in December fell below expectations of a more muted 3.9% m/m contraction. Similarly, the number of building…
As expected, the Bank of Canada delivered its eighth consecutive rate hike on Wednesday, lifting the policy rate by 25bps to 4.5% and bringing the cumulative increase since the beginning of the tightening cycle last March to 425bps. The key message is that…
The Bank of Canada’s (BoC) Business Outlook Survey highlights weakening business sentiment in Q4. The overall index fell to 0.1 from 1.7 in Q3, below the average that has prevailed over the past decade. Notably, most firms surveyed cited rising interest rates…

While the housing downturn will be fairly mild in the US, it will be more severe abroad. Continue to favor bonds of countries whose housing fundamentals will limit rate hikes.

This week, we look at the latest data releases in the G10, along with implications for all the major currencies.