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罗森伯格研究公司根据3月份的贸易数据称,加拿大“自2025年1月以来从未出现过如此强劲的贸易增长”。

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-- 资深市场观察家戴维·罗森伯格在周二公布数据后表示,加拿大近期大宗商品价格上涨,为其带来了“一份巨大的礼物”,推动最新贸易数据从2月份的51亿加元逆差转为3月份的18亿加元顺差。 罗森伯格表示:“我们自2025年1月以来就没见过如此大的贸易顺差。” 他说:“市场普遍预期贸易会有所改善,但没想到会如此显著——市场原本预计逆差会减半至25亿加元。” 罗森伯格指出,继2月份强劲反弹6.8%之后,3月份出口环比飙升8.5%,再次逼近历史高位。然而,他表示,进口环比下降1.6%(实际下降2.5%)这一事实“可能会引起人们的质疑”,这可能会使人们对国内需求数据的真实性产生疑问。 罗森伯格表示,鉴于国际收支平衡表的积极影响(以名义值衡量),这一消息对加元(CAD 或 loonie)来说无疑是利好消息。但他补充说,就国内生产总值而言,影响则不那么显著,因为实际出口当月增速仅为 2.2%。 罗森伯格指出,加拿大正受益于伊朗战争及其引发的能源价格飙升。能源行业出口环比增长 15.6%,自 2010 年以来仅出现过四次如此高的增速。金属和矿产出口收入在 2 月份增长 12% 的基础上,又环比增长 24%——罗森伯格表示,历史上仅出现过两次如此强劲的连续增长。 “但有趣的是,这一切在多大程度上都体现在价格而非数量上。我并非要泼冷水,但作为衡量国内竞争力不足的一个指标,加拿大工业机械等制成品的出口在3月份下降了3.7%,这是自去年8月以来的最大降幅(而且目前的水平与当时相比几乎没有变化),”他补充道。

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