The Canadian dollar experienced mixed performance on Thursday due to mixed US data. Canada is absent from the economic calendar until Friday’s GDP update for April, leaving CAD traders to shuffle. However, Friday’s US PCE Price Index inflation is set to eclipse Canadian GDP figures entirely, as a key reading …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, February 20
The US Dollar has weakened amid speculation that the Federal Reserve will delay the first rate cut. The odds for a 25 basis points (bps) March rate cut have decreased to 34.4%, while June ones have increased to 55.1%. Stock markets are tepid, with Wall Street spending most of the …
Read More »USD/CAD falls on oil price, Canadian inflation
The USD/CAD pair slides for the third successive day and is trading back below the 1.2900 figure after two consecutive days of a busy Canadian calendar, which witnessed the release of inflationary figures showing that Consumer Prices surged. The market reacted the opposite way, sending the USD/CAD rallying above 1.2900, …
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