The Canadian dollar succeeded in touching the official price stop required during last Friday’s trading at 1.2480, recording its lowest level at 1.2465. Technically, the pair is trying to build on the 1.2480 level represented by the 50.0% Fibonacci correction, as shown on the chart. We also noticed positive crossover …
Read More »BoC’s Kozicki: “Prepared to act forcefully” to return inflation to 2.0% target
The Bank of Canada is “prepared to act forcefully” to return inflation to its 2.0% target, said Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki on Friday. Key Quotes:“It’s important to be clear that returning inflation to the 2% target is our primary focus and unwavering commitment.”“The pace and size of rate hikes and …
Read More »CAD Continues to be negative 25/3/2022
Noticeable negative trades dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar within the expected official bearish direction, explaining that trading below 1.2560 opens the way for the pair to visit 1.2480, to be satisfied with recording the lowest 1.2509. From the angle of technical analysis today, and by looking at the …
Read More »CAD touches the first target 24/3/2022
As was expected during the previous analysis, the Canadian dollar touched the first bearish target at 1.2560, recording the lowest price at 1.2542. Technically, the pair’s current moves are witnessing bullish rebound attempts, benefiting from the intraday stability above 1.2560, accompanied by clear positive signs on the 14-day momentum indicator …
Read More »The Canadian is Moving Downwards 23/3/2022
The Canadian dollar did not change much, maintaining the downside path after failing to retain trading above the 1.2595 level. Technically, and by looking at the 240-minute chart, we notice that the pair started to pressure the 1.2585 support level accompanied by the continuation of the negative pressure coming from …
Read More »CAD: Consolidating The Downtrend 22/3/2022
The Canadian dollar failed to retest the resistance of 1.2640 as we expected. Instead, we relied on the positive signs on the momentum indicator, explaining the idea of retesting the general bearish trend, recording the lowest price at 1.2565. Technically, by looking at the 240-minute chart, we notice that the …
Read More »CAD: tests The Strength of The Corrective Movement 21/3/2022
Negative trading dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar at the end of the week’s trading, recording its lowest level around 1.2588 after it failed to maintain trading above the 1.2670 level. Technically, we find that the 14-day momentum indicator is trying to provide positive signals accompanied by the stability …
Read More »CAD Clings To Weekly Gain On Robust Data
The Canadian dollar touches its strongest since 3 March at 1.2596. The Canadian dollar was little changed against its US counterpart on Friday, with the currency holding near a two-week high as oil prices rose and domestic retail sales data pointed to consumer spending remaining strong at the start of …
Read More »Canadian Dollar Leads G10 Gains As Rate Hike, Tightening Get Going
The Canadian dollar strengthened against its US counterpart on Wednesday as oil prices surged and the Bank of Canada hiked interest rates as expected for the first time since October 2018 despite the crisis in Ukraine.Canada’s central bank hiked its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.50% to …
Read More »BoC Hikes Interest Rates To 0.50% As Expected
The Bank of Canada lifted interest rates by 25bps to 0.50% as expected on Wednesday, adding that it expected it will need to raise interest rates further. The BoC said that it would continue with the reinvestment phase of its balance sheet, maintaining its overall holdings of Canadian government bonds …
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