Last week was busy for watchers of Canada’s economic data, with the main event being the Bank of Canada (BoC) rate announcement. Not surprisingly, the bank left rates unchanged. It also released its Monetary Policy Report, which is always an interesting read. The good news is that Canada’s economy has fared better than the BoC’s worst-case scenarios and, in general, new bank Governor Tiff Macklem’s comments were somewhat more upbeat than expected. This was evident from the
Canadian dollar’s immediate move upward.
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