Trading the News: Canada Consumer Price Index (CPI)
A 0.4% rise in Canada Retail Sales paired with another 2.3% print for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) may continue to foster range-bound prices in USD/CAD[1] as it does little to alter the outlook for monetary policy.
Recent comments from the Bank of Canada (BoC) suggests the central bank will look through the stickiness in price growth as ‘the transitory impact of higher gasoline prices and recent minimum wage increases will likely cause inflation in 2018 to be modestly higher than the Bank expected in its January Monetary Policy Report (MPR),’ and Governor Stephen Poloz and Co. may stick to the sidelines at the next meeting on May 30 as ‘some monetary policy accommodation will still be needed to keep inflation on target.’ With that said, a set of lackluster data prints may fuel a larger rebound in USD/CAD as it encourages the BoC to retain the current policy for the foreseeable future.
However, an batch of above-forecast reading may undermine the recent rebound in USD/CAD as it puts pressure on the BoC to further normalize monetary, and the pair may ultimately threaten the range-bound price action from earlier this year as market participants boost bets for an imminent rate-hike.
Impact that Canada CPI has had on USD/CAD during the previous release
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Period |
Data Released |
Estimate |
Actual |
Pips Change (1 Hour post event ) |
Pips Change (End of Day post event) |
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MAR 2018 |
04/20/2018 |
