USD/CAD: Signs of sticky prices in Canada will give Loonie a mild lift at least – Scotiabank
|USD/CAD little changed ahead of Canadian CPI data. Economists at Scotiabank analyze the pair’s outlook.
USD rallies still look a fade
While headline inflation is falling back to within the BoC’s inflation target range, BoC Governor Macklem’s comments last week clearly show the central bank is not celebrating a victory over inflation just yet. Headline inflation needs to get closer to 2% and core inflation needs to fall further. Signs of sticky prices today will give the CAD a mild lift at least.
Support has firmed up at 1.3350, ahead of major weekly trend support at 1.3335 so the low.mid 1.33s is looking perhaps a little more solid for the USD ahead of the holiday break. Firm resistance sits overhead between 1.3450/1.3500, however.
USD rallies still look a fade.
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