14 March 2018 Canadian Dollar Forecasts Cut as Trade Concerns Escalate and “Captain Hawk” Becomes “Doctor Dove”

International trade risks are mounting and the Canadian interest rate outlook has deteriorated, leading analysts to cut their forecasts for the Loonie and warn of further losses to come.  

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13 March 2018 Canadian Dollar Slumps After Poloz Speech Augurs Fears of Slower Rate Rises

Trade tensions mean there are downside risks to expectations of further Canadian interest rate rises as well as the Loonie, which is still close to an eight month low against the greenback.

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11 March 2018 Pound-to-Canadian Dollar Rate Forecast for the Week Ahead

GBP/CAD looks vulnerable to a bearish reversal after the US exempts Canadian steel from punitive tariffs.

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09 March 2018 Canadian Dollar Rises Following Upbeat Labour Report and Trade Tariff Reprieve

"This wasn't a very exciting report, but seems more indicative of the underlying trend in the labour market than what had been seen in recent months." - CIBC Capital Markets.

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08 March 2018 Canadian Dollar Forecasts Downgraded at CBA but USD/CAD, GBP/CAD are Still Expected to Fall

“The uncertainty over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has turned out to be a bigger drag on CAD than we originally anticipated."

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07 March 2018 Canadian Dollar Retreats after Bank of Canada Strikes a Cautious Tone; USD/CAD Headed Higher

“There appear ample reason for central bankers to remain on the sidelines. As a result, we're sticking to our call that the BoC only hikes interest rates once more in 2018."

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06 March 2018 Buy the Pound, Sell the Canadian Dollar say Nomura Strategists

“We still like GBP/AUD upside as a medium-term monetary policy divergence view but we think GBP/CAD over the next few weeks could be the better trade.” - Nomura 

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