-- モントリオール銀行（BMO）によると、カナダは金曜日の午前8時15分（東部時間）に3月の住宅着工件数を発表する予定です。 BMOは、3月の住宅着工件数は前月比1.6%増の年率換算25万5000戸になると予想しており、これは前年の平均26万1000戸をわずかに下回る水準です。 また、金曜日の午前8時30分（東部時間）には、2月の国際証券取引が発表されます。BMOは、1月に国際投資家がカナダ証券を467億ドル純取得し、2025年までの総額が1170億ドルであることを考えると「年初としては好調なスタート」だったと指摘しています。これは民間企業債と連邦政府債が牽引したもので、過去46か月間で2番目に大きな資本流入となりました。カナダの投資家は114億ドルの国際証券を取得しており、こちらも債券が牽引しました。 また、2月の家計信用残高も午前8時30分（東部時間）に発表されます。 1月の総貸出額は前月比0.3%増、前年同月比4.5%増となり、住宅ローンは前月比0.4%増、前年同月比4.4%増となった。 BMOによると、原油価格が3%以上下落しているにもかかわらず、金曜早朝時点で米ドル（USD）は軟調（BBDXY -0.08%）し、カナダドル（CADまたはルーニー）は堅調（1米ドル＝CAD -0.16%）している。
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