Andrew Pyle
Andrew Pyle
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It's a bit like closing your eyes and holding your breath waiting for a giant wave to crash down -- only to find that the wave has disappeared. There's a very similar correlation between what's going on now and what happened during the industrial revolution.
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Why should the bank raise rates again in March? There's no reason.
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While the report alone is not going to be enough to prevent a 25 basis-point hike by the Bank of Canada next Tuesday, if the core trend is not turned around in the first couple of months of the new year, there will be a strong argument against further tightening.
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While the recovery above the break-even threshold is a relief, it remains well back of the highs set in the fourth quarter and we would suspect that the appreciation in the Canadian dollar is restraining optimism.
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May delivered another dose of unexpected strength in Canadian job creation.
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We are hitting the consumer with headwinds that we have not witnessed on record.
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It gives us reason to take a closer look at overall manufacturing and business sentiment at the end of the year.
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I think there's going to be more clarity or more details provided as to costing, what the actual costs will be.
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I think there are going to be easier things for them to put through before they go for that.
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(It) comes down to watching the data, and data reflecting the impact of this move in the currency is not going to come out until we get into the summer.
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I think the biggest risk to Canadian equities (in 2006) is that we see a more aggressive spike higher in the Canadian dollar, which does put pressure on earnings and obviously competitiveness.
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From a sector point of view, there would be very few 'safe' havens on the Canadian equity landscape if this scenario materialized.
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We can attribute some of last month's decline to the rise in the Canadian dollar and increased concern among companies as to the impact this will have on export penetration and earnings, but at the end of the day the Ivey has never been a valued directional indicator because of its volatility and desks may partially dismiss the decline as a result.
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We are now seeing the lags from currency appreciation kick in, alongside more uneven growth south of the border.