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The Federal Reserve announced a hawkish rate cut of 25 basis points yesterday, they also forecasted fewer cuts in 2025, down to 2 from the initial 4 expected.  This decision and guidance sent ripples through the North American Foreign Exchange (FX) market, prompting immediate reactions among major currencies and equity markets.  The Fed’s decision came

Canada’s Rate Cuts: A Gradual Path Ahead Today’s press conference from BoC Governor Macklem shed light on the central bank’s reasoning behind its second consecutive 50-point rate cut. Here are my key takeaways: No More Restrictive Policy: The BoC needed to take steam out of inflation which has been successful. With inflation now at 2%,

While Canadian employment change jumped up to 50.5k (significantly better than expected 24.7k), the unemployment rate also increased 6.8% in November (worse than expected 6.6% and previous 6.5%). This increase caused the market to boost its bet on a jumbo rate cut next Wednesday and the CAD slid to a near 4.5-year low against the

The USD is showing mixed performance with slight firmness against major currencies as the market cautiously anticipates the upcoming US inflation data. Bonds are generally firmer, while commodities present a mixed picture: crude and iron ore are down, whereas copper is up. Major currency movements are minimal; the MXN and NZD are leading with gains

Wednesday May 15, 2024 In the foreign exchange market, the US dollar (USD) is showing mixed strength against major currencies, with cautious trading in stocks before the US inflation data release. Bond markets are slightly firmer, while commodities like crude oil and iron ore are down but copper is up. Currency movements are limited, with

Good morning, Oil prices collapsed over the weekend recording a low of 27.34 per barrel representing the lowest price since the ‘91 gulf war. The collapse was due to no agreement between Russia and Saudi Arabia to curtail production. Today WTI prices have recovered some losses at 33.7.  Wall street and Bay Street has experienced

Good morning, Today’s employment data from both sides of the border exceeded predictions. The nonfarm payroll print for the month of February reported 273K from an estimate of 175K. The US unemployment rate is has ticked back down to 3.5K and average hourly earnings are in line with expectations at 3%. Canada reported a net

Good morning, After yesterday’s surprise FED rate cut of 50 bps, marking the first emergency rate cut since 2008 by the FED the BoC has followed suite with there own stimulus measure. The Bank of Canada has also cut its benchmark rate by 50 bps, citing that the BoC is “ready to adjust monetary policy

Good morning, In an emergency measure the FED has just cut its benchmark interest rate by .5% from 1.75% to 1.25%. The unexpected move thus far has had little effect on the market as the move was unexpected and well ahead of the FED’s March 18 interest rate announcement. The move is still taking time

Good morning, USD is up over 104 basis points intraday or .78% respectively from yesterday’s low as covid-19 fears have continued to punish markets and the global stock selloff resumes its eight day in a row. The Dow index has reacted by dropping over 10% from it’s Feb 12 all time high. WTI for next