BoC is generally expected to keep monetary policy unchanged today. In particular, the weekly asset purchases pace will be held at CAD 2B. Interest rate will be maintained at 0.25%. It’s clearly in a wait-and-see mode due to conflicting developments of disappointing economic activities and rising inflation, as well ass higher vaccination but worsening Delta infections. Additionally, a major risk event of federal election is less than two weeks away.
The central bank should wait for new economic projections next month before making a move. Also, there is no press conference after the meeting today. Overall, it could be a non-event.
Some previews on BoC:
- BOC Preview – QE Tapering to Pause as Economy Contracted in 2Q21
- BoC to Keep Quiet as Canada’s Election Approaches
- Forward Guidance: BoC to Parse Weak GDP Reports, Persisting Virus Risks
EUR/CAD is a pair to watch for the rest of the week with BoC and ECB meeting featured. Price actions from 1.4580 low are seen as a corrective pattern and hence, medium term outlook is staying bearish for now. While a downside breakout is slightly favored, we’d not seeing any indication of it yet. Hence, range trading will likely continue for a while. Medium term, any rally attempt could face strong resistance from 38.2% retracement of 1.5991 (2020 high) to 1.4580 (2021 low) at 1.5119.
