- USD/CAD positive factors optimistic traction for the third straight day amid modest USD power.
- US fiscal considerations and Fed fee minimize bets may cap positive factors for the USD and spot costs.
- Merchants additionally chorus from inserting aggressive bets forward of the FOMC assembly minutes.
The USD/CAD pair is seen prolonging this week’s goodish restoration transfer from the 1.3685 space, or its lowest stage since October 2024, for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. Spot costs presently commerce close to the weekly prime, across the 1.3835-1.3840 area, up practically 0.30% for the day amid some follow-through US Greenback (USD) shopping for.
Tuesday’s upbeat US financial information helped calm recession fears and assists the USD Index (DXY), which tracks the Buck towards a basket of currencies, to construct on the in a single day bounce from the neighborhood of the month-to-month low. This, in flip, lends assist to the USD/CAD pair, although a mixture of things warrants some warning for the USD bulls and positioning for any additional positive factors.
Traders stay on the sting amid rising considerations concerning the deteriorating US fiscal situation. Aside from this, the rising market acceptance that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will minimize rates of interest additional in 2025 may contribute to capping the USD and the USD/CAD pair. Merchants may additionally choose to attend for the discharge of FOMC assembly minutes for cues concerning the Fed’s rate-cut path.
This week’s US financial docket additionally highlights the discharge of the Prelim Q1 GDP print and the Private Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Worth Index on Thursday and Friday, respectively. This, together with the month-to-month Canadian GDP print and Crude Oil costs, may affect the commodity-linked Loonie and supply a contemporary impetus to the USD/CAD pair in the course of the latter half of the week.
In the meantime, hotter-than-expected Canadian core inflation figures dashed hopes for a Financial institution of Canada (BoC) rate of interest minimize in June. This, together with a modest uptick in Crude Oil costs, might underpin the Canadian Greenback (CAD) and cap the USD/CAD appreciation. Therefore, it will likely be prudent to attend for sturdy follow-through shopping for earlier than confirming that spot costs have fashioned a near-term backside.
Financial Indicator
FOMC Minutes
FOMC stands for The Federal Open Market Committee that organizes 8 conferences in a 12 months and evaluations financial and monetary circumstances, determines the suitable stance of financial coverage and assesses the dangers to its long-run objectives of worth stability and sustainable financial progress. FOMC Minutes are launched by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and are a transparent information to the longer term US rate of interest coverage.
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Subsequent launch:
Wed Could 28, 2025 18:00
Frequency:
Irregular
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Earlier:
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Supply:
Federal Reserve
