CAD: Consolidation likely but still some downside left - ING

According to analysts at ING, while the Canada’s Aug GDP data disappointed, the beat in the Oct jobs figures helped buffer some of the CAD downside.

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“We still think there is further room for CAD to move lower as markets fully price out scope for a Dec BoC rate hike (currently a 25% probability is priced in). Cautious policy talk from Governor Poloz this week (speech on Wed) might be the final blow here.”

“We have been calling for a retrace up to the OECD PPP fair value estimate of 1.27. Now we're here, we expect $/CAD now trades within the broad 1.25-1.30 range - with the risks skewed to the top-end of this range.”