-- 蒙特利尔银行（BMO）周一早盘表示，美元（USD）走软（BBDXY -0.25%），加元（CAD 或 loonie）走强（CAD 兑 USD -0.44%）。 加拿大央行将于周三发布政策声明及新的货币政策报告（MPR）。蒙特利尔银行指出，预计加拿大央行将维持利率不变。 蒙特利尔银行还表示，加拿大央行还将发布最新的货币政策报告，其中包含对潜在经济增长（预计在1%左右）和中性利率（预计在2.25%至3.25%之间）的最新预测。 此外，本周加拿大政府将于周二发布春季经济更新报告，该报告将更新11月份公布的2026/27财年预算案中的预测。蒙特利尔银行指出，与最初预算案中654亿加元的赤字相比，财政状况似乎有所好转。 周四，BMO预计2月份实际国内生产总值环比增长将再加快0.1个百分点至0.2%，与加拿大统计局的初步估计相符。3月份的初步估计值得关注，因为它将反映出伊朗战争爆发后的初步反应。
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