-- スコシアバンクによると、カナダは木曜日に2月の国内総生産(GDP)と3月の速報値を発表する予定だ。 カナダ統計局は当初、2月のGDPは前月比0.2%増で推移すると予測していた。最新の予測値もほぼ同じ水準だが、投資家はセクター別の経済動向に関する重要な詳細情報も得られるとスコシアバンクは指摘した。 より重要なのは、詳細が明らかにされていない3月のGDP速報値だろう。現時点では情報が極めて少ないものの、小幅な増加は「あり得る」とスコシアバンクは述べている。 この結果は、月次GDPを用いた生産・所得ベースでの第1四半期GDP成長率の推移をさらに裏付けるものとなる。成長率はカナダ銀行の1月金融政策報告書で示された1.8%に近い水準で推移している可能性もあるが、これは支出ベースでの話だ。第4四半期GDPを4%以上押し下げた在庫の大幅な増加は、プラス要因として反転する可能性があるとスコシアバンクは指摘した。 重要な点の一つは、小売売上高に基づくと、第1四半期の財に対する個人消費が力強い回復を見せていることだ。スコシアバンクは、経済が金利に敏感ではないという見方は事実無根であり、それはトロントとバンクーバーのマンション市場が低迷している原因についての誤った理解に大きく起因していると付け加えた。
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