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The Canadian dollar opened the week in negative trading, after failing to hold above the support level of the ascending channel 1.3360/1.3350. Technically speaking, by looking at a 4-hour chart, we find that Stochastic is defending the bearish bias as the pair begins to respond to the negative signals coming …

Retail Sales in Canada increased by 0.6% in July to $52.9 billion, the data published by Statistics Canada showed on Friday. This reading followed June’s increase of 0.7% and fell short of the market expectation of 1%. “Core retail sales, which exclude these two subsectors, declined 1.2% on lower sales …

The Canadian Dollar (CAD) is maintaining some of its gains against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday. The CAD is up by 0.04% against the USD, after rising earlier by more than 0.1% to its highest level against the greenback in eight months. The Canadian Dollar is supported by improved …

Canadian retailer sales increased during the month of June by 23% to CAD 53 billion, recovering to its level in February prior to the COVID-19 crisis, according to data by Statistics Canada. Retail sales rose across all types of stores, with clothing retailers leading the rise with a 142.3% growth. …

The Canadian Dollar (CAD) is showing a strong performance against the US Dollar (USD), supported by the recovery of oil prices, reaching its highest level in five months. Meanwhile, the USD continues to show general weakness across the board against major currencies. The USD/CAD has decreased by around 5.8% since …

Wholesale sales in Canada increased over the month of May by 5.7% to $52.6 billion, data by Statistics Canada showed on Friday. This comes after wholesales sales fell during April, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), by 21.4%. However, May’s reading missed market expectations which suggested an …

The Canadian Dollar (CAD) could not take advantage of positive economic data on Thursday and fell against major currencies, amid a decline in oil prices and as many investors are seemingly leaning towards safe havens. The CAD is down by 0.50% against the British Pound (GBP), with the GBP/CAD pair …

Moody’s Investors Service expects the Canadian economy to contract by 7% in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported. Canadian provinces are expected to stabilize their rising debt burdens once economic growth resumes, according to Moody’s, however, the rating agency sees all 10 provinces posting deficits in the fiscal …

The USD/CAD pair fell to 1.3573 during the European session, but then succeeded in making a slight bounce and gained 0.04% at the time of writing, reaching 1.3590 Good market sentiment that was seen in risk appetite and the rise of the leading European indicators, all made it difficult for …