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Statistics Canada Reports Manufacturing Sales up 1.1% at $70.8B in April
The increase followed a decline of 1.8 per cent in March.
Canada's central bank cuts interest rates against the trend, experts call for continued adjustment of interest rate policies and vigilance against the weakness of the Canadian dollar.
The Bank of Canada stated, "Overall, recent data suggests that the economy is still running in an over-supplied situation." Only two interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada have been priced in by the market from now until the end of this year. However, the major risk in the future is the weakness of the Canadian dollar.
Canadian Dollar Pares Away Gains on Thursday
The Canadian Dollar (CAD) pared back recent gains against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday, shedding a quarter of a percent against the USD as market flows pull back to safety and bolster the Greenback.
BoC's Kozicki: BoC to End Quantitative Tightening in 2025
Bank of Canada (BoC) Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki noted on Thursday that the BoC is set to end its quantitative easing program and that future applications of QE will have a very high bar to pass before accessing additional monetary policy mechanisms.
Bank of Canada cuts rates ahead of time, analyst says interest rate spread may lead to depreciation of the Canadian dollar.
This week, the Bank of Canada cut its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, but people began to question how much the gap between the key interest rates of the two countries would widen as it is expected that the Federal Reserve will hold the overnight interest rate steady until autumn.
After the Bank of Canada fired the first shot in G7's interest rate cut, the market expects at least two more rate cuts this year.
Economists predict that the Bank of Canada will cut interest rates at least twice more in 2024 and that the interest rate will fall to 4.25% or 4%.