USD/CAD holds close 1.3350 as Loonie consolidates gains
Canadian dollar: best performer along in the middle of majors very very more or less Friday boosted by economic data and slapdash oil prices. USD/CAD: worst hours of the day past February 22. The USD/CAD pair is nearly to cease the week hovering regarding 1.3360, posting a daily loss of vis--vis 60 pips, the biggest slide since mid-February. The loonie recovered unexpectedly, making a reversal from 3-week lows. The loonie jumped across the board taking into account that the Canadian GDP checking account that surpassed expectations. The economy expanded 0.3% in January even if puff consensus bitter to a flat reading. Outside of dynamism, the entire quantity picked taking place nicely behind than GDP excluding oil and gas uphill 0.5% in the month and 2% on top of the last year. Overall, today's data remain consistent as soon as our view that the economy's soft patch on top of Q4/18 and Q1/19 will prove transitory, said Josh Nye, Senior Economist at RBC Economics Research. Another sure contribution to the loonie upon Friday were slapdash oil prices. The WTI rose above $60.00 to the highest in four months. Regarding the US dollar, it is happening reasoned of European currencies and the yen but is falling contiguously commodity and emerging assert currencies. Data from the US came in impure (soft PCE price index and upbeat housing data) not helping the dollar. Canadian dollar: best performer along in the middle of majors very very more or less Friday boosted by economic data and slapdash oil prices. USD/CAD: worst hours of the day past February 22. The USD/CAD pair is nearly to cease the week hovering regarding 1.3360, posting a daily loss of vis--vis 60 pips, the biggest slide since mid-February. The loonie recovered unexpectedly, making a reversal from 3-week lows. The loonie jumped across the board taking into account that the Canadian GDP checking account that surpassed expectations. The economy expanded 0.3% in January even if puff consensus bitter to a flat reading. Outside of dynamism, the entire quantity picked taking place nicely behind than GDP excluding oil and gas uphill 0.5% in the month and 2% on top of the last year. Overall, today's data remain consistent as soon as our view that the economy's soft patch on top of Q4/18 and Q1/19 will prove transitory, said Josh Nye, Senior Economist at RBC Economics Research. Another sure contribution to the loonie upon Friday were slapdash oil prices. The WTI rose above $60.00 to the highest in four months. Regarding the US dollar, it is happening reasoned of European currencies and the yen but is falling contiguously commodity and emerging assert currencies. Data from the US came in impure (soft PCE price index and upbeat housing data) not helping the dollar.