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ING注意到加拿大央行維持鴿派立場。

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-- 加拿大央行週三維持政策利率2.25%不變,符合市場預期。但荷蘭國際集團(ING)指出,與市場預期相比,央行聲明的整體基調略顯鴿派。 加拿大央行承認能源價格上漲對整體通膨和通膨預期造成了影響。央行總裁蒂夫·麥克勒姆(Tiff Macklem)表示,如果油價長期維持在高位,可能需要升息。 然而,加拿大央行也強調核心通膨表現良好,消費者物價指數(CPI)中高於目標水準的組成部分比例有所下降。 同時,就業市場依然疲軟,受美國關稅影響的產業招聘疲軟,就業人數流失嚴重。經濟成長預期依然溫和,預計今年國內生產毛額(GDP)成長1.2%,2027年為1.6%,2028年為1.7%。 2027年和2028年的預測值比市場普遍預期低0.1個百分點。 儘管能源價格上漲對加拿大經濟有利(畢竟加拿大是石油和天然氣的主要淨生產國),但貿易政策持續的不確定性仍然抑制著市場情緒。加拿大、美國和墨西哥之間的《美墨加協定》(CUSMA)即將接受評估,而美國有可能進一步向貿易夥伴施壓,這促使加拿大央行行長麥克勒姆警告稱,如果出現對加拿大不利的重大規則變更,則可能需要降息。 荷蘭國際集團(ING)指出,因此,加拿大央行似乎正在採取一定的避險策略。目前,加拿大央行準備「忽略戰爭對通膨的直接影響」。假設油價下跌,且美國關稅保持不變,「維持在接近當前水準的政策利率是合適的」。 上行風險源自於長期高企的通膨成本,這將逐步推高物價;下行風險則來自與美國的貿易限制加劇。 荷蘭國際集團(ING)的基本預期是,中東局勢將逐步緩和。 ING預計,未來幾個月內,霍爾木茲海峽的油輪通行將緩慢恢復,能源價格也將開始回落。 該行也預測,美墨加協定(CUSMA)的談判可能會陷入僵局,對經濟蒙上不確定性的陰影,並對就業市場造成壓力。 在此情況下,ING繼續維持政策利率在年底前保持穩定。

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