-- ローゼンバーグ・リサーチは、水曜日の「デイブの早朝」のカナダに関するコメントの中で、「今日最も奇妙な展開」として、トレーダーたちが依然としてカナダ銀行が次の動きとして利上げ、あるいは「継続的な利上げ」を行うと信じている理由を挙げている。 「消費者信頼感は11ヶ月ぶりの低水準に落ち込んだばかりなのに、なぜ金利を国内経済を低迷させる要因のリストに加えないのか?」と、ローゼンバーグ・リサーチは皮肉を込めて問いかけている。 イラン・イラク戦争以前には、インフレ問題など全く存在しなかった時期があったにもかかわらず、と同社は指摘する。 過去1ヶ月間で、経済状況が改善したと感じているカナダ人の割合は、27%からわずか15%へとほぼ半減したと、同調査は述べている。また、カナダ経済は4年以上ぶりに、2ヶ月間で10万人以上の雇用を失った。 「カナダ銀行の利上げにとって好都合な環境だと思いませんか?」と述べつつ、トロント大都市圏(GTA)における3月の住宅販売件数が過去10年間の平均を52%下回ったことも指摘している。 「イラン戦争以前の状況では、カナダ中央銀行の金融緩和策は、国内消費者のバランスシートが過去最高水準に近い債務対所得比率を抱えている状況では信用活動を刺激するのが難しいため、まさに糸を引っ張っているようなものだった」と述べている。 ローゼンバーグ・リサーチはさらに、「カナダのインフレを懸念しているなら、デフレはどうだろうか?」と問いかけている。同社によれば、GTAにおける平均住宅価格(家計のバランスシート上の資産8.5兆ドル、名目国内総生産の2.5倍に相当)は過去1年間で7%下落しており、供給過剰によって新規物件数が前年比11.5%も急増しているため、今後さらに下落が見込まれるという厳しい現実がある。ローゼンバーグ氏は、カナダ銀行の利上げを予想していないのは自分だけではないと述べた。為替市場も同様に、カナダドル(CAD、通称ルーニー)が4カ月ぶりに1.39米ドル(72米セント以下)まで下落したからだ。
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