EBC Daily Snapshot Mar 1, 2024
EBC Forex Snapshot
1 Mar 2024
The US dollar was steady on Friday after data showed US inflation remained sticky but easing gradually. The Canadian dollar strengthened as investors cheered the country’s latest GDP report.
The Canadian economy expanded at an annualized rate of 1.0% in the fourth quarter, higher than median forecast for a 0.8% growth. Still it showed that the US continued to outperform its northern neighbour.
The BOC is expected to cut interest rates in June, the first among major central banks to do so, according to a Reuters poll. The risk is that home prices are set to rise over the coming years due to constrained housing supply.
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Publication date:
2024-03-01 11:54:49 (GMT)