Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: Beige Flags in the Beige Book
Summary United States: Move On Up The housing sector was in focus this week. During […]
No Growth in Canadian GDP for August Extends Historic Per Capita Underperformance
The Canadian gross domestic product report for August on Thursday will likely reveal more softness […]
The Weekly Bottom Line: Is 50 the New 25?
Canadian Highlights The Bank of Canada made a super-sized interest rate cut this week, taking […]
Canada: Retail Sales Grow for the Second Consecutive Month, Supported by Auto Sales.
Retail sales rose by 0.4% month-on-month (m/m) in August, coming in worse than Statistics Canada’s […]
Cliff Notes: Calm Before the Storm
Key insights from the week that was. In the absence of any major data or […]
EMU Money Markets Currently Attach Near 50% Probability to ECB Scaling Rate Cuts Up to 50 bps in December
Markets German Bunds significantly outperformed US Treasuries yesterday, especially at the front end of the […]
Big Rate Cut in Canada
In focus today In the euro area, focus turns to the October flash PMIs. We […]
BoC Accelerates Pace of Rate Cuts
The Bottom Line: The BoC made the leap to cut the overnight rate by 50 […]
Bank of Canada Accelerates Rate Cuts, Points to Greater Confidence in Inflation
The Bank of Canada (BoC) cut its overnight rate by 50 basis points, to 3.75%, […]
Investors Eye Asset Havens Amidst Continued Unrest in the Middle East
In focus today Today the Bank of Canada announces its October monetary policy decision. Both […]
BoC to Slash Rates by 50bps, USD/CAD Rally Could Stall Below 1.4 Level
BoC is widely anticipated to lower its policy rate by 50bps to 3.75% today, marking […]
Canada’s retail sales rises 0.4% mom in Aug, vs exp 0.6% mom
Canada’s retail sales grew 0.4% mom to CAD 66.6B in August, worse than expectation of […]