Stewart Hall Quotes (11 Quotes)

The currency market tends to respond to the number.

There is a better story underneath the report than is indicated by the headline. There seems to be a lot of adversity facing Canada, yet the annual GDP numbers remain very stable.

There's been a disconnect with the market having been too caught up with Fed language from Nov. 1, and missing the body of data that's come out since then.

With the economy close to full capacity, the Bank of Canada should be interested in offsetting any additional fiscal stimulus that may flow from an election-style budget.

The statement indicates the central bank is putting a cap on its rate-hike cycle. There is a logical response for the Canadian dollar to weaken.

We've already had a decent amount of experience with a Canadian minority government. While the deck chairs may have been pushed around a lot, do the fundamentals really seriously change

We've got the economy at full capacity. I prefer to see the Bank of Canada continue to raise rates.

The idea in the marketplace that (the Canadian dollar) is a one-way trade is possibly drawing unwanted investor attention with potential implications affecting the fabric of an economy in the midst of a resource reallocation process.

On balance, the data has proved reasonably positive for the U. S. economy, which would in turn support a continuation of the rate cycle.

Tomorrow is largely a foregone conclusion in the mind of the market.

On any Saturday morning trip out of the house one would be hard pressed not to have noticed rapidly rising home prices, the spike in gasoline costs, and less enticing financing for vehicles.