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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ tumbles from 8-week high after Fed rate hike

Published 2016-12-14, 03:29 p/m
© Reuters.  CANADA FX DEBT-C$ tumbles from 8-week high after Fed rate hike
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* Canadian dollar at C$1.3252, or 75.46 U.S. cents

* Loonie touches its strongest since Oct. 19 at C$1.3081

* Bond prices lower across a flatter yield curve

By Fergal Smith

TORONTO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar tumbled from an eight-week high against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, pressured by lower oil prices and broader gains for the greenback after the Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates for the first time in a year.

The U.S. central bank raised rates by a quarter percentage point and signaled a faster pace of increases in 2017 as the Trump administration takes over with promises to boost growth through tax cuts, spending and deregulation. Fed was a little bit more hawkish than expected in the (policy path chart) and that is why we have seen the U.S. dollar higher pretty much across the board," said Greg Anderson, global head of foreign exchange strategy at BMO Capital Markets.

Prices of oil, one of Canada's major exports, fell as the U.S. dollar jumped after the Fed decision and after a jump in crude inventories at the biggest U.S. storage center renewed concerns about a glut. O/R

U.S. crude CLc1 prices were down 4.02 percent at $50.85 a barrel.

At 3:15 p.m. EST (2015 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading at C$1.3252 to the greenback, or 75.46 U.S. cents, much weaker than Tuesday's close of C$1.3133, or 76.14 U.S. cents.

The currency's weakest level was C$1.3257, while it touched its strongest since Oct. 19 at C$1.3081.

The loonie had gained steadily in recent weeks on the back of higher prices for oil after major producers agreed to cut output.

Canadian home prices rose in November from a month earlier as prices continued to soar in Toronto, the biggest market, helping to drive household debt to another record, separate reports showed on Wednesday. government bond prices were lower across a flatter yield curve in sympathy with U.S. Treasuries. The two-year CA2YT=RR fell 5.5 Canadian cents to yield 0.807 percent and the benchmark 10-year CA10YT=RR declined 13 Canadian cents to yield 1.771 percent.

On Tuesday, the 10-year yield touched its highest since June 2015 at 1.794 percent.

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