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GoCs Rally and USDCAD Steps Higher On Jobs Report

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  • GoC yields coming slightly off lows after the jobs report but still down 7-8bps through 2-10Y tenors since the release. For context though, the 2YY still remains 11bps higher than before Wednesday's BoC decision to hike 25bps.
  • USDCAD marginally trims the jump higher, now about 30 pips off lows at 1.335 having been probing recent support levels and close to key support in the very low 1.33s. However, the move only unwinds the drop seen through the European session as CAD had been outperforming most majors pre-release.
  • There was a surprising miss for jobs growth (led by full-time positions) and the unemployment rate rose from 4.99% to 5.15% so only slightly worse than consensus of 5.1 on an unrounded basis.
  • Partly countering this was hourly wage growth for permanent employees coming in as expected at 5.1% Y/Y.

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