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[FONT=宋体]Canadian Currency Weakens as Inflation Rate Unexpectedly Slows [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体][FONT=宋体]April 17 (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s dollar depreciated for a second day against its U.S. counterpart as a government report showed the annual inflation rate unexpectedly slowed last month. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]“We’re going to see inflation hugging bottom for a good long time,” said Derek Holt, an economist at Scotia Capital Inc., a unit of Canada’s third-largest bank. “The markets are fixated on what the Bank of Canada is going to do next week.” [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]The Canadian dollar, known as the loonie, weakened 0.7 percent to C$1.2156 per U.S. dollar at 4:17 p.m. in Toronto, from C$1.2073 yesterday. One Canadian dollar purchases 82.27 U.S. cents. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]The annualized increase in consumer prices was 1.2 percent in March, compared with 1.4 percent in the previous month, Statistics Canada said today in Ottawa. The median forecast of 20 economists in a Bloomberg News survey was for the rate to remain at 1.4 percent. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]The Bank of Canada will leave its interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5 percent when policy makers meet on April 21, according to the median forecast of 22 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The central bank cut the benchmark rate last month from 1 percent. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]“All eyes await Tuesday’s Bank of Canada meeting,” said Firas Askari, head currency trader in Toronto at BMO Nesbitt Burns, a unit of Bank of Montreal. “On its merits, the Canadian dollar should be a bit better.” [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]Governor Mark Carney is due to announce guidelines on April 23 about quantitative easing, a policy in which a central bank buys government debt to try to revive economic growth. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]Weekly Gain [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]The loonie reached C$1.1983 yesterday, the strongest since Jan. 12. It gained 0.8 percent over the past five days, the third straight weekly advance, as investors ventured into riskier assets such as stocks and commodity-linked currencies on speculation a global economic slowdown may be bottoming. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said this week the “sharp decline” in the U.S. economy is easing. The Group of 20 nations this month boosted the International Monetary Fund’s resources. U.S. banks including Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. posted earnings that topped analysts’ forecasts. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]Canada[/FONT][FONT=宋体]’s primary stock gauge, the Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index, rose 1 percent today. It has climbed 24.7 percent since reaching the lowest in more than five years on March 9. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, which added 0.5 percent today, has gained 28.5 percent since March 9. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]Construction Drops [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]The Canadian dollar has a correlation coefficient of 0.72 against the S&P 500 this year, higher than the 0.49 for crude oil and the 0.55 for copper, according to Bloomberg data. A correlation of 1.0 would mean the measures move in lock step. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]Non-residential construction in Canada fell 1.8 percent to C$10.8 billion ($8.9 billion) in the first quarter, the first decline since 2004 and the latest sign that the country’s recession is crimping businesses spending. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]Canadian bonds have lost investors 1.3 percent this month, according to Merrill Lynch & Co. Indexes, as stock markets rallied and debt supply swelled. The yield on the two-year note climbed four basis points, or 0.04 percentage point, to 1.16 percent today. The price of the 1.25 percent security due in June 2011 fell 9 cents to C$100.19. [/FONT]
[FONT=宋体]The loonie will weaken to C$1.26 against the U.S. dollar this quarter before rebounding to C$1.16 by the end of 2010, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 38 analysts and economists. [/FONT]
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