Mark Chandler
Mark Chandler
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It's becoming less certain, the third (rate hike). We're waiting to see how the remaining data comes through.
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Usually Canadian data doesn't mean that much but we were so close to testing the previous (dollar/Canada) lows that when we got better productivity numbers it gave the market a push.
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We haven't seen any planting of any note for five years.
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Two-year bonds don't offer too much value as the central bank may continue to raise interest rates. The economy in general is doing very well.
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The Canadian dollar still gets support from oil prices. There is still room for the currency to improve.
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(The Canadian dollar) got a boost from the employment data, but it's been on a roll over the last few days.
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The Bank of Canada still has a constructive view on economic growth. They may be likely to raise interest rates more.
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The Bank of Canada may raise the rate to 4 percent and pause. Initial reaction is a weaker Canadian dollar.
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The (Bank of Canada is) priced for 4 percent and this is consistent with that right now, although they are in data-watching mode.
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The bank is reasonably comfortable with the notion that the consumer still has pretty good fundamentals.
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They'll be looking at other stats going forward. On average, the fourth quarter was a good quarter for employment. I don't think they're viewing that as a serious concern here.
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They have to look at this as one area where there are capacity constraints.
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It's mostly just coming off the back of profit selling, if you like, after a good result yesterday. The down move in the U.S. is basically due to oil.
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This week was a bad one for energy prices, in particular natural gas prices, which were down 15 percent. There was no question of those eventually weighing on the currency.