USD/CAD: Canadian Dollar Rises As GDP Data Validates October Rate Hike
Alfonso Esparza | Sep 28, 2018 13:32
The Canadian dollar rose on Friday after the monthly gross domestic product (GDP) beat the forecast with a 0.2-percent gain. The loonie is up almost 1 percent on the final day of the trading week. The currency is still showing a weekly loss against the greenback as NAFTA uncertainty and the U.S. Federal Reserve rate announcement put downward pressure.
The rise today comes with higher expectations of a Canadian interest rate lift in October. The Bank of Canada held rates in September ahead of a highly anticipated Fed rate hike in September that came to pass. The U.S. central bank has forecasted another rate hike in 2018 and 2 or 3 more next year as part of its economic projections published Wednesday.
BoC Governor Stephen Poloz spoke on Thursday addressing the rising inflation and Friday’s GDP data point puts a rate hike firmly on the table in the short term.
NAFTA negotiations have not made big inroads as the U.S. met with Canada with the goal of turning two bilateral agreements into a trilateral one.
With a considerable amount of work still to be done in bridging the gap between U.S. and Canada, the U.S.-Mexico agreement will be published tonight with a possibility of leaving the door open for Canada to join.
It is that possibility that has kept the loonie gaining despite the NAFTA train moving without Canada.
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