David Powell
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bit positions taking traders wary
We've had a bit of range-trading. I think traders have been a bit wary about taking positions on dollar/Canada today.
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We had to go to our passing game tonight. They did a great job of shutting our running game down.
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We saw consolidation of the gains in the Canadian dollar from last Friday.
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We're particularly conscious of the need to help spouses. Usually the diplomats will be able to speak the language, whereas spouses might not. So it can be a very isolating experience. So we do try to give a lot of support through what we call community liaison officers.
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It is understood that the highest-ranked man and woman, based on his or her four best results over a two-year period, will each earn a six-figure jackpot.
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It's pretty much universally expected they'll hike 25 basis points but I think what will be more important is the actual wording of the statement where people will look for further indication of further hikes.
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It looks like another day of (the U.S. dollar versus the Canadian dollar) remaining pressured as the U.S. dollar continues to lose ground across the board.
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They continue to take those paper profits and turn them into cash ... because they have to show real money on December 31.
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It really got attention in Asia...as a result the dollar has pretty much sold off across the board. We can attribute this dollar/Cad movement to across-the-board dollar weakness to the Greg Ip article.
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Ultimately, any loss of child care could potentially be a crisis. We're always seeing a demand for it, especially with the economy being a factor in both parents needing to work.
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We're seeing some last-minute dollar strength, but there's really nothing much to it considering we're completely dead in terms of economic releases.
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When you take the revisions into account, the retail sales is actually exactly as expected and the current account is actually a little bit better, so there's not too much to grab on to.
changing data outlook
Today's data won't be changing the outlook at all.
disregard effect looks market
One can't disregard the short-term effect of market psychology, and it looks like that's what was going on here today.