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Updates (2013-2014)

Canadian Dollar Morning Update

Expected USD/CAD Range: 1.087 – 1.095 Update: After showing some modest strength yesterday (mostly due ot overall USD weakness), the Canadian Dollar is again near four year lows and currently trading at 1.092. The loonie also benefited yesterday from the Bank of Canada’s business outlook survey which said there are some positive signs for the economy as perceived by businesses surveyed and likely a result of US economic strength. This morning, retail sales in the US came in at higher than expected, which gave the greenback yet another boost and gave ammunition to those who will argue that last week’s data pointing to a weak US labor market was a blip on the radar. The Big Picture: The Bank of Canada remains cautiously optimistic on the Canadian economy but dropped its tightening bias in October. Indeed, at the moment, the primary concern of Governor Poloz seems to be inflation rates that are well below the Bank’s 2% target and the consequent possibility of disinflation (declining inflation rates as opposed to the scarier prospect of deflation). With concerns about elevated household debt levels and an overheated housing market still lurking in the background, the Central Bank faces an interesting challenge in balancing the need for economic growth against further increases in household debt or frothy activity in the residential real estate market. All of which brings us to the Canadian Dollar; while the level of exchange rates is not explicitly within the mandate of our Central Bank, the value of the Canadian Dollar is now implicitly in the crosshairs of Governor Poloz as possibly the only mechanism for stimulating economic activity without further burdening the household sector. Interestingly, the Governor has recently commented that the link between a stronger US economy and greater exports is not as strong as he would prefer, arguably further fueling the view that a lower Canadian Dollar is what he would prefer. In the United States, the ongoing (somewhat halting) recovery has led the Federal Reserve to begin the process of cutting back (“tapering”) its two remaining extraordinary monetary stimulus programs. Globally, the commodity boom has ended (or is at least sputtering). Relatedly, Chinese and other emerging market economies have slowed notably and while some of the data from China is encouraging, it is becoming clear that sub 8% growth in China is here to stay. As a result of all of this and not surprisingly, the CAD has declined over 7% in 2013 and we expect it to continue an orderly and gradual decline in 2014.


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