Introduction: The Canadian Dollar moves in reaction to the US Dollar. Movements are small and easy to track and trade. The Canadian Dollar also responds
The USD/CAD is the single biggest beneficiary of rising oil prices. Canada which is already the biggest exporter of oil to the US will experience a boost to its economy when oil price continue to increase. Therefore, if oil rises the Canadian dollar is likely to follow. Over the past years, the correlation between the Canadian dollar and oil prices has been approximately 81%.
Weekly Analysis and Recommendation:
The USD/CAD traded in a range from 0.9833 to 99.53 with mostly global sentiment affecting the pair. Positive eco data in the US did little to support the US dollar this week. While the CAD saw mixed data and a fall in gold prices and oil prices helped weigh down the pair. Toward the end of the week the US gained momentum as traders moved from risk to safety abandoning commodity currencies.
Date |
Last |
Open |
High |
Low |
Change % |
Dec 21, 2012 |
0.9932 |
0.9877 |
0.9953 |
0.9876 |
0.56% |
Dec 20, 2012 |
0.9877 |
0.9889 |
0.9896 |
0.9870 |
-0.12% |
Dec 19, 2012 |
0.9889 |
0.9862 |
0.9892 |
0.9850 |
0.27% |
Dec 18, 2012 |
0.9862 |
0.9839 |
0.9864 |
0.9833 |
0.23% |
Dec 17, 2012 |
0.9839 |
0.9858 |
0.9882 |
0.9834 |
-0.19% |
The Canadian dollar hit a two-week low against its U.S. counterpart on Friday after data showed Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to a three-year low in November, adding to the cheerless mood in markets as U.S. budget talks stalled.Inflation came in at 0.8 percent, weaker than analysts’ expectations and far below the Bank of Canada’s 2.0 percent target, which means the central bank is under no pressure to raise interest rates soon. Overnight index swaps, which trade based on expectations for the central bank’s key policy rate, showed that after the data traders decreased their already small bets on a rate hike in 2013.Meanwhile, the Canadian economy eked out only a 0.1 percent gain, indicating a very slow start to the fourth quarter amid foreign and domestic economic woes.
I would like to take this time to express my best wishes to all of my readers during this holiday season and extend the best hopes for profitable trading in 2013.
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Major Economic Events for the week of December 17-21 actual v. forecast for the Canadian & US Dollar
Date |
Time |
Currency |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
Dec. 17 |
13:30 |
CAD |
Foreign Securities Purchases |
13.26B |
10.80B |
14.12B |
|
13:30 |
USD |
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index |
-8.1 |
-1.0 |
-5.2 |
|
14:00 |
USD |
TIC Net Long-Term Transactions |
1.3B |
25.0B |
3.2B |
Dec. 18 |
13:30 |
USD |
Current Account |
-107.5B |
-103.4B |
-118.1B |
Dec. 19 |
13:30 |
USD |
Building Permits |
0.899M |
0.875M |
0.868M |
|
13:30 |
USD |
Housing Starts |
0.861M |
0.873M |
0.888M |
|
13:30 |
CAD |
Wholesale Sales (MoM) |
0.9% |
1.0% |
-1.5% |
Dec. 20 |
13:30 |
CAD |
Core Retail Sales (MoM) |
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
|
13:30 |
CAD |
Retail Sales (MoM) |
0.7% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
|
13:30 |
USD |
Initial Jobless Claims |
361K |
357K |
344K |
|
13:30 |
USD |
GDP (QoQ) |
3.1% |
2.8% |
2.7% |
|
13:30 |
USD |
Continuing Jobless Claims |
3225K |
3199K |
3213K |
|
15:00 |
USD |
Existing Home Sales |
5.04M |
4.87M |
4.76M |
Dec. 21 |
13:30 |
CAD |
Core CPI (MoM) |
0.0% |
0.1% |
0.3% |
|
13:30 |
USD |
Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) |
1.6% |
-0.2% |
1.9% |
|
13:30 |
USD |
Core PCE Price Index (MoM) |
0.0% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
|
13:30 |
CAD |
CPI (MoM) |
-0.2% |
-0.1% |
0.2% |
|
13:30 |
USD |
Durable Goods Orders (MoM) |
0.7% |
0.2% |
1.1% |
|
13:30 |
CAD |
GDP (MoM) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
|
13:30 |
USD |
Personal Spending (MoM) |
0.4% |
0.3% |
-0.1% |
|
13:30 |
CAD |
CPI (YoY) |
0.8% |
1.0% |
1.2% |
|
14:55 |
USD |
Michigan Consumer Sentiment |
72.9 |
74.7 |
74.5 |
Historical: From 2010 to present
Highest: 1.0853 CAD on May 25, 2010.
Average: 1.0090 CAD over this period.
Lowest: 0.9407 CAD on Jan 26, 2011.
Economic Highlights of the coming week that affect the American and Canadian Markets
There are no top tier data releases scheduled for this coming short trading week. Little action is expected and low volume. The major focus will be the US Fiscal Cliff.
Government Bond Auction
Date Time Country
Dec 21 16:30 Italy
Dec 26 01:30 Japan
Dec 27 10:10 Italy
Dec 28 10:10 Italy