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Macklem is speaking live to the Canadian chamber of commerce.Key QuotesCovid recovery phase is chance to make long overdue gains in Canadian productivity.Productivity growth is vital to economic growth, increasing wages without raising unit labour costs.US capital has moved to higher-productivity sectors in larger amounts than in Canada, ‘has been …

Sideways movements that tend to be negative tend to dominate the Canadian dollar for the second consecutive session. The pair’s movements are between the support level of 1.2665 and below the strong resistance level of 1.2720. Technically, the simple moving averages continue to form a negative obstacle on the pair …

In the New York session, the USD/CAD pair trims Monday’s losses and reclaims the 1.2700 figure as the Canadian dollar weakens, as oil prices fall, a headwind for the Canadian dollar. At the time of writing, the USD/CAD is trading at 1.2702.On Tuesday’s, Western Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude …

The Canadian dollar was able to achieve the view of ​​retesting the support published during the previous analysis, heading towards retesting the required target at 1.2665, recording its lowest level at 1.2657. Technically, we notice the negative pressure coming from the simple moving averages that put negative pressure on the …

Bulls are firming up at a critical support area, the bulls came out in force and took the price higher, but as illustrated below, the bears are putting up a fight. The pair’s price rallied but was met with supply at the start of the new week, despite a dip …

The Canadian dollar achieved noticeable gains during last week’s trading, within the expected bullish path, after it succeeded in breaching the resistance level 1.2710, to reach the highest level at 1.2787. Technically, and carefully looking at the 240-minute chart, we note the current negativity features that started appearing on the …

Data released on Friday, showed the Canadian economy lost 200K jobs in January, more than expected. Analysts at CIBC point out most of the decline came from industries affected by tightening health restrictions and the numbers should not alter the plans of the Bank of Canada (BoC) of raising rates …

Canada’s unemployment rate has surged to 6.5%. Many businesses closed up shop in January due to the spread of the Omicron variant, which resulted in the loss of work for hundreds of thousands of Canadians. Canada’s economy lost 200,000 jobs last month, according to Statistics Canada, as COVID-19 shutdowns related …

The latest batch of Canadian employment data will hit the markets on Friday. So far, it looks that the Omicron wave hit the labour market in January, with forecasts pointing to a drop of jobs. This is probably a temporary setback. The loonie has been driven mostly by risk sentiment …

The USD/CAD has traded in a relatively directionless fashion on Thursday, initially strengthening towards above 1.2700 as the Canadian dollar weakened in tandem with an earnings-driven downturn in global equities, but more recently dropping back to the 1.2675 area on rising oil prices.At current levels, the pair is back to …