Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

By Jason MartinWhile traders widely anticipate the Federal Reserve to undertake the next increase in interest rates in December, there is one hike that policymakers and markets seem to have forgotten...

Canadian retail sales unexpectedly fell in August due to the biggest month-over-month drop in purchases of food and beverages in three-years.Headline retail sales fell -0.3%. Market expectations were...

Late in the day yesterday, rumours surfaced that U.S. President Donald Trump was considering naming Jerome Powell to replace Janet Yellen as Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, which shook up the...

The Canadian dollar is almost unchanged in the Friday session, as USD/CAD stays close to the 1.25 line. In European trade, the pair is trading at 1.2488, up 0.03% on the day. On the release front,...

The collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement would likely damage yet not derail the continent’s economy and business models of global corporations.That’s the conclusion of...

The loonie saw a generalized rise yesterday, gaining more than 60 points against the U.S. dollar, despite the fact that no significant economic indicators were released in Canada. Often, such...

The Canadian dollar is higher on Wednesday on a surprise surge in manufacturing sales. Canadian manufacturing sales jumped 1.6 percent in August. The positive gain broke a trend of two negative...

The Canadian dollar continues to have an uneventful week. In the Wednesday session, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2523, up 0.02% on the day. We could see some movement from the pair in the North American...

The Canadian dollar has posted slight losses in the Tuesday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2537, up 0.15% on the day. On the release front, there are no Canadian releases, and no major...

The business sentiment survey released Monday by the Bank of Canada revealed that companies’ confidence in the Canadian economy remains high, although the survey did paint a somewhat less rosy...

The Canadian dollar depreciated on Monday after the release of the Bank of Canada (BoC) survey of managers. The Business Outlook Survey fell from 2.81 last quarter to 0.86. The anticipated slowdown in...

Mexico’s Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade said Monday that the peso’s recent depreciation reflects uncertainty about the NAFTA renegotiation process, and he questions about how quickly...

Over the weekend, U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Janet Yellen used a seminar bringing together officials of the world’s largest central banks to repeat her belief that inflation should be...

Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled $9.8 billion in August, down from $24.0 billion in July. At the same time, Canadian investors increased their holdings of foreign securities by $12.0...