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德國商業銀行表示,加拿大央行升息的關鍵在於經濟情勢和美墨加協定談判。

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-- 德國商業銀行表示,加拿大央行何時升息可能取決於兩個因素。 首先,該行指出,加拿大實體經濟能否在下半年最終復甦,包括勞動市場能否走強。 去年年底的情況與前年基本相同。德國商業銀行再次觀察到就業成長異常強勁。考慮到目前勞動力供應每月僅增加數千人,這一增長尤其引人注目。因此,失業率下降了0.4個百分點。 然而,該行指出,近幾個月來,裁員人數再次大幅增加,凸顯了過去一年半加拿大勞動市場的波動性。其他數據顯示,經濟復甦依然疲弱,甚至可能沒有復甦跡象:儘管環比成長再次為正,但仍處於極低水準。 此外,儘管製造業關鍵採購經理人指數(PMI)在4月大幅上漲,但該指數波動性仍然很大。加拿大實體經濟的表現也可能很大程度上取決於美國的發展,儘管美國勞動力市場相對疲軟,但經濟成長強勁。 其次,德國商業銀行指出,7月開始的關於延長美墨加協定(USMCA)的談判結果也將「至關重要」。儘管美國總統經常強調,鑑於兩國相互依存,延長協定將使加拿大受益最大,但延長大部分豁免條款可能符合兩國的利益。 然而,該銀行補充說,對加拿大而言,雙邊關係的狀況比豁免條款的具體範圍更為重要。只有當經濟持續穩定後,加拿大實體經濟才有可能復甦。 這一點在1月得到了印證,當時在美國總統再次發表言論攻擊後,加拿大採購經理人指數(PMI)再次暴跌,與就業成長的趨勢相呼應。 加拿大央行上週明確表示,並不急於升息,因為目前的政策利率水準在可預見的未來是適當的。德國商業銀行仍認為,年底前升息兩次的預期過於樂觀。

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