-- 德国商业银行表示,加拿大央行何时加息可能取决于两个因素。 首先,该行指出,加拿大实体经济能否在下半年最终复苏,包括劳动力市场能否走强。 去年年底的情况与前年基本相同。德国商业银行再次观察到就业增长异常强劲。考虑到目前劳动力供应每月仅增加几千人,这一增长尤为引人注目。因此,失业率下降了0.4个百分点。 然而,该行指出,近几个月来,裁员人数再次大幅增加,凸显了过去一年半加拿大劳动力市场的波动性。其他数据显示,经济复苏依然疲弱,甚至可能没有复苏迹象:尽管环比增长再次为正,但仍处于极低水平。 此外,尽管制造业关键采购经理人指数(PMI)在4月份大幅上涨,但该指数波动性仍然很大。加拿大实体经济的表现也可能很大程度上取决于美国的发展,尽管美国劳动力市场相对疲软,但经济增长强劲。 其次,德国商业银行指出,将于7月开始的关于延长美墨加协定(USMCA)的谈判结果也将“至关重要”。尽管美国总统经常强调,鉴于两国相互依存,延长协定将使加拿大受益最大,但延长大部分豁免条款可能符合两国的利益。 然而,该银行补充说,对加拿大而言,双边关系的状况比豁免条款的具体范围更为重要。只有当经济持续稳定后,加拿大实体经济才有可能复苏。 这一点在1月份得到了印证,当时在美国总统再次发表言论攻击后,加拿大采购经理人指数(PMI)再次暴跌,与就业增长的趋势相呼应。 加拿大央行上周明确表示,并不急于加息,因为目前的政策利率水平在可预见的未来是合适的。德国商业银行仍然认为,年底前加息两次的预期过于乐观。
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