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CANADA: USDCAD Steps Closer To Key Support Ahead Of CPI

CANADA
  • USDCAD has seen a further decline ahead of today’s July CPI report, touching 1.3610 as it continues to extend a bear leg before since lifting 10 pips.
  • It met mild support at 1.3611 (Jul 12 low) after which lies a key 1.3589 (Jul 11 low), with clearance required to strengthen a technical bearish theme.
  • Latest CFTC positioning for Aug 13 showed a renewed increase in CAD net shorts to -55.6% of open interest, back to historical extremes seen in the aftermath of a dovish BoC in July as it cut for a second consecutive cut.
  • However, the ~100pip decline for USDCAD since then evens up what we had seen as a skew of market risk towards a hawkish surprise in today’s CPI report.
  • BoC-dated OIS shows a little more than a 25bp cut priced for Sep 4, and continues to keep close to a cumulative 75bp of cuts to year-end.
  • There’s only limited option expiry of note for today’s cut, with $460m at 1.3595.
Source: Bloomberg

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