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加拿大皇家銀行表示,就業報告不足以使美元兌加元匯率脫離區間震盪。

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-- 加拿大皇家銀行資本市場(RBC Capital Markets)在其最新的加元週報中指出,今日公佈的疲軟的加拿大就業報告導致失業率升至6.9%,並引發利率上漲和收益率曲線陡峭化。但該行補充道,即便結合超出預期的美國勞動市場報告,也不足以推動美元/加元匯率脫離區間震盪。 RBC表示,過去一個月,加拿大數據也進一步印證了加幣兌G10大宗商品貨幣和高收益貨幣的疲軟表現。 關於加拿大經濟,RBC指出,4月的就業報告顯示失業率上升0.2個百分點至6.9%,商品、貿易和運輸/倉儲業的疲軟尤為明顯,但當月私人就業人數和總工時變化不大。 展望未來,RBC表示,下週不會發布重要的加拿大經濟數據,但將公佈一些次要數據,包括週四的房屋市場數據和批發貿易數據,以及週五的製造業銷售數據。報告補充說:“年初至今勞動力市場疲軟的趨勢並未反映在產品市場,第一季GDP增速高於潛在水平,包括3月份的預測數據。” 該行還表示,投資人還將關注挪威的通膨數據、紐西蘭的通膨預期、美國生產者物價指數、歐元區第二季GDP修正值、英國第一季GDP、美國零售銷售、日本生產者物價指數。加拿大皇家銀行也指出,日本央行和瑞典央行將公佈最新會議紀要,而挪威央行的《金融穩定報告》則將於週二發布。 關於利率,加拿大皇家銀行表示,加拿大央行上週維持利率不變的預期得以實現,儘管「政策調整的平衡向鷹派傾斜」。該行指出,第一季GDP成長率預計在1.5%至2%之間,如果最終反映在全部支出明細中,這將減少經濟中的閒置產能。加拿大皇家銀行補充說,隨著全年閒置產能的減少,預計勞動力市場狀況將有所改善。 “我們維持長期以來的觀點:基本預期是加拿大央行在2026年維持利率不變,並在2027年加息,但下半年加息的可能性遠大於降息的可能性。” 同時,加拿大皇家銀行指出,在就業報告疲軟之後,加拿大公債的表現優於美國國債,加美10年期公債殖利率差較上週五收窄5個基點至-89個基點。 技術面方面,加拿大皇家銀行表示,殖利率未能收於關鍵的雙頂形態3.62%上方,回落至2月底以來的趨勢線下方(目前為3.54%),「緩解了部分上行風險」。 「這意味著下行空間可能在3.43%和3.39%之間,」加拿大皇家銀行補充道。

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