CAD

Good morning. The dollar is advancing against all of its major peers, driven by a Federal Reserve that has turned far more hawkish, and a deterioration in risk appetite as technology stocks retreat. Last week’s abrupt pivot from the Federal Reserve is still rippling across markets, and confounding the early-2026 consensus for a weaker dollar. After a series of stronger-than-expected data releases and evidence that inflation pressures are broadening, nine of 19 members of the Federal Open Market Committee submitted projections indicating they expect to raise rates by year-end, and markets are putting 90% odds on a move by September....

Good morning. The dollar is holding near a one-year high and Treasury yields are climbing even as oil prices fall another 2%, with investors returning from the holiday weekend to find that hawkish signals from last week’s Federal Reserve meeting are overwhelming the terms-of-trade effects that had dominated currency markets since the war began. With rate differentials having tilted sharply in the dollar’s favour since newly-installed Fed chair Kevin Warsh let the hawks control the early narrative, most major currencies—including the euro, pound, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar and Australian dollar—are down roughly 1.5% against the greenback in the past five...

Good morning. Oil prices are nearing pre-war levels as supertankers begin moving through the Strait of Hormuz, and the dollar is trading near a one-year high after the Federal Reserve delivered a “hawkish hold” in Kevin Warsh’s first meeting as chair. Both of the major global crude benchmarks are trading just above levels reached in the immediate aftermath of US and Israeli strikes on Iran in early March. Brent is changing hands at $78 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate at $75 after President Donald Trump* and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a 14-point memorandum extending April’s ceasefire by another...