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Highlights of the Bank of Canada interest rate decision: * Repeats exact language on current stimulus being appropriate * Key line remains: ‘Over time, as the normalization of these conditions unfolds, a gradual normalization of policy interest rates can also be expected’* Housing sector slightly strongter thanexpected* Looking through the data, GDP is largely consistent with forecast* Output gap to begin to narrow in 2014* Global economy continues to expand broadly as expected but its dynamic …
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Will the Canadian Dollar Increase in Value?
The Canadian dollar increased in value as Canadian retail sales numbers were released for the month of May. In April, these numbers were worse than expected with a -0.4% decrease in retail sales. That said, prior to the release of today's retail sales numbers, it was believed that the retail figures would increase slightly to 0.4% over April's numbers. However, much to everyone's surprise, Canada's retail sales increased by 1.9% in May - the most rapid rate of growth since over two years ago in…