BOC Undermines Canadian Dollar

The Bank of Canada interest rate decision is clearly a short-term negative factor for the Canadian currency. The downbeat economic assessment also shows that there is a lack of confidence in US and global growth prospects given the Canadian dependence on trade. The Canadian outlook, therefore, is also likely to…

BOC Undermines Canadian Dollar

The Bank of Canada interest rate decision is clearly a short-term negative factor for the Canadian currency. The downbeat economic assessment also shows that there is a lack of confidence in US and global growth prospects given the Canadian dependence on trade. The Canadian outlook, therefore, is also likely to…

Canada Goes Japanese

Canada’s decision to target monetary reserves of C$ billion is textbook “quantitative easing” (not only credit easing), which is the way the Bank of Japan announced policy easing in 2002-04. Canadian dollar damaged across the board as the Bank of Canada is the latest central bank to dive into quantitative…

Canada Goes Japanese

Canada’s decision to target monetary reserves of C$ billion is textbook “quantitative easing” (not only credit easing), which is the way the Bank of Japan announced policy easing in 2002-04. Canadian dollar damaged across the board as the Bank of Canada is the latest central bank to dive into quantitative…

Commodity Dollars Creeping Higher

A largely unexpected cut leaving Canada’s benchmark rate on a par with the top of the range of the fed funds rate and growing fears over the possibility of backdoor nationalization of some U.S. banks hurt risk appetite earlier today. The dollar in early morning trade has taken a breather…

Bank of Canada Cuts Target Rate by 25 Basis Points

The Bank of Canada cut the target for the overnight rate by 25 basis points to 0.25%, citing a deeper-than-expected recession in Canada and the fact that “measures to stabilize the global financial system have taken longer than expected to enact”. Markets were evenly split on whether the Bank would…

Commodity Dollars Creeping Higher

A largely unexpected cut leaving Canada’s benchmark rate on a par with the top of the range of the fed funds rate and growing fears over the possibility of backdoor nationalization of some U.S. banks hurt risk appetite earlier today. The dollar in early morning trade has taken a breather…