-- 加拿大豐業銀行表示，儘管先前受到避險情緒和美元走強的影響，加元在季節性因素和部位調整的支撐下，正從近期疲軟態勢中反彈。美元兌加幣匯率最新報1.3612附近。 該行指出，迄今為止，在伊朗衝突期間，加幣與原油價格的相關性一直為負。 加拿大豐業銀行首席外匯策略師肖恩·奧斯本表示：“相反，加元在3月下旬表現平平，現貨價格一度觸及略低於1.40的峰值，這反映了避險情緒和市場對美元的普遍需求。” 「根據我們對短期即期均衡的估計，美元兌加元匯率在4月初被嚴重高估。但加元匯率目前非常低廉，美元套期保值者願意充分利用加元兌美元匯率向1.40靠攏的機會拋售，以及4月份加元的季節性上漲趨勢（自20世紀70年代以來，4月份一直是加元增加率 加拿大豐業銀行持續維持其年底前將即期匯率目標定為1.33的預期。
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