CAD retaining the soft tone – BBH
|Analysts at BBH note that the Canadian dollar retain the soft tone seen yesterday after the Bank of Canada meeting, which they did not see as providing fresh news.
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“Some suggested that the rally in the BA futures was a sign that the market was moving away from a January hike. Color us skeptical. We do not think the market expected a January hike even before the BOC meeting. And the BA futures are not a particularly useful guide. The cleaner read, the Overnight Index Swaps, showed a somewhat greater chance at 23% vs. 16% previously. We do not expect a hike until closer to the middle of 2018. The US dollar had frayed the lower end of its recent range (~CAD1.2660) earlier in the week and now it’s moving above CAD1.2800. The upper end of the range is seen near CAD1.2900-CAD1.2920.”
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