-- RBCキャピタル・マーケッツは最新のCADウィークリー・サウンドバイツ・レポートで、本日発表されたカナダの雇用統計が軟調だったため失業率が6.9%に上昇し、金利上昇とイールドカーブのスティープ化につながったと指摘した。しかし同行は、この雇用統計と予想を上回った米国の雇用統計を合わせても、USD/CADはレンジ相場から抜け出すには至らなかったと付け加えた。 RBCはまた、カナダの経済指標は、過去1ヶ月間、カナダドルがG10の商品通貨や高利回り通貨に対して低迷していることを改めて示したと指摘した。 カナダ経済について、RBCは4月の雇用統計で失業率が0.2ポイント上昇し6.9%となったことを指摘した。財セクター、貿易、運輸・倉庫業の弱さが顕著だったものの、民間雇用者数と総労働時間は前月比でほぼ横ばいだった。 RBCは今後の見通しとして、来週はカナダの主要経済指標の発表はないものの、住宅市場データ、木曜日の卸売売上高、金曜日の製造業売上高など、いくつかの二次的な経済指標が発表される予定だと述べた。「年初来の労働市場の軟化は生産市場には反映されておらず、第1四半期のGDPは3月のナウキャストを含め潜在成長率を上回っている」と付け加えた。 同行は、投資家はノルウェーのインフレ率、ニュージーランドのインフレ期待、米国の生産者物価指数、ユーロ圏の第2四半期GDP改定値、英国の第1四半期GDP、米国の小売売上高、日本の生産者物価指数にも注目するだろうと述べた。また、日本銀行とスウェーデン中央銀行(リクスバンク)が最新の会合議事録を公表する一方、ノルウェー中央銀行の金融安定報告書は火曜日に発表される予定だと指摘した。 金利については、RBCは先週のカナダ銀行の予想通りの据え置きとなったものの、「変更点のバランスはタカ派寄りだった」と述べた。 RBCは、第1四半期のGDP成長率が1.5~2%の範囲で推移しており、これが支出の内訳全体に反映されれば、経済の過剰余剰は縮小するだろうと指摘した。RBCはさらに、年間を通じて労働市場の改善が余剰縮小の一因となると付け加えた。「我々は以前から抱いている見解を維持している。基本シナリオは、カナダ銀行が2026年に政策金利を据え置き、2027年に利上げを行うというものだが、下半期の利上げの可能性は利下げの可能性をはるかに上回る」と述べた。 一方、RBCは、雇用統計の悪化を受けてカナダ国債が米国債を上回るパフォーマンスを示し、カナダ/米国10年債利回りスプレッドは先週金曜日から5ベーシスポイント縮小し、マイナス89ベーシスポイントとなったと指摘した。 テクニカル面では、RBCは、利回りが重要なダブルトップである3.62%を上回って終値をつけられなかったことを受け、2月下旬から続くトレンドライン(現在3.54%)を下回ったことで、「上値リスクがいくらか緩和された」と述べた。 さらにRBCは、「下値では、次の目標は3.43%と3.39%だ」と付け加えた。
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