Mazen Issa, Senior FX Strategist at TD Securities suggests that the CAD momentum is likely to carry the day after the US and Canada reached a last minute agreement to salvage the trilateral trade pact (from NAFTA to USMCA), even though much may already be in the CAD price.
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“Reduced trade uncertainty may help to sharpen focus on cross asset developments amid improving risk appetite. Note that a well-priced BOC curve presents some limitations however. Longer-term, the impact on FDI and Congress make-up post mid-terms may hold more sway for CAD.”