Canada: GDP growth bolstered by breadth - TDS

Canada’s industry-level GDP surprised to the upside in May at 0.5% (TD: 0.4%, market: 0.3%), reflecting some unwind of the weather-related drag in April though growth was broadly based across 19 of 20 industries, explains the research team at TD Securities.

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“The strong May print leaves our Q2 GDP tracking at 3.1%, slightly above BoC estimates which raises the risk that the next BoC hike will be in October rather than January.”

“FX: Upbeat GDP figures should reinforce consolidation in USDCAD and we remain dip buyers on a move towards 1.29.”