Mark Chandler
Mark Chandler
canadian currency dollar gets oil room support
The Canadian dollar still gets support from oil prices. There is still room for the currency to improve.
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There?s an awful lot of knowledge we can gain from past climates.
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There may be a couple of surprises in the budget but for the most part I think they are going to play it reasonably safe and not fool with expectations too much. And if that's the case, then the market movement shouldn't be large.
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The economy is firmly in expansion mode so the Bank of Canada will take rates higher. Higher short-term rates will push up yields.
favor rate running statistics
All the statistics have been running in favor of more rate increases.
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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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The Bank of Canada still has a constructive view on economic growth. They may be likely to raise interest rates more.
bank canada canadian initial percent raise rate reaction weaker
The Bank of Canada may raise the rate to 4 percent and pause. Initial reaction is a weaker Canadian dollar.
five note planting seen
We haven't seen any planting of any note for five years.
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You have firm inflation. The Bank of Canada has to continue tightening to keep it in check. Clearly it makes 4.25 percent more likely than 4 percent.
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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.
canada canadian close data gave lows market mean numbers previous testing
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.
dodge speaks until
The only thing that is going on right now, and will be going on until Dodge speaks again, is the budgets.
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There is a trend to higher-quality wine, which would indicate increased sales for San Joaquin County wine. We don't participate in the jug-wine market.