Canadian Dollar Forecast: USD/CAD Faces BoC Rate Cut as Trump Tariffs Loom
USD/CAD further retrace the decline from earlier this month as the Bank of Canada (BoC) is expected to deliver another 25bp rate-cut.
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Canadian Dollar Outlook: USD/CAD
USD/CAD trades within the February range even as US President Donald Trump continues to adjust tariffs for Canada, but the exchange rate may further retrace the decline from earlier this month as the Bank of Canada (BoC) is expected to deliver another 25bp rate-cut.
Canadian Dollar Forecast: USD/CAD Faces BoC Rate Cut as Trump Tariffs Loom
USD/CAD seems to be defending the advance following Canada’s weaker-than-expected employment report as it carves a series of higher highs and lows, and signs of slowing job growth may push the BoC to retain the current course for monetary policy as the economy adds 1.1K jobs in February versus forecasts for a 20.0K rise.
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In turn, the BoC may continue to carry out its rate-cutting cycle as the central bank acknowledges that ‘Canada’s labour market remains soft,’ and Governor Tiff Macklem and Co. may retain a dovish forward guidance as the ongoing shift in US trade policy clouds the outlook for growth.
With that said, USD/CAD may further retrace the decline from the monthly high (1.4543) as it bounces back ahead of the February low (1.4151), but a hawkish BoC rate-cut may curb the recent advance in the exchange rate as the central bank seems to be at or approaching the neutral rate.
USD/CAD Price Chart – Daily
Chart Prepared by David Song, Senior Strategist; USD/CAD Price on TradingView
- USD/CAD carves a series of higher highs and lows after struggling to break/close back below the 1.4210 (78.6% Fibonacci extension) to 1.4270 (38.2% Fibonacci retracement) zone, with a breach above the 1.4470 (23.6% Fibonacci retracement) to 1.4510 (23.6% Fibonacci extension) region raising the scope for a move towards the monthly high (1.4543).
- Next area of interest comes in around 1.4600 (61.8% Fibonacci extension) to 1.4660 (38.2% Fibonacci extension), but USD/CAD may track the flattening slope in the 50-Day SMA (1.4350) if it struggles to hold above the moving average.
- Need a break/close below the 1.4210 (78.6% Fibonacci extension) to 1.4270 (38.2% Fibonacci retracement) zone to bring the February low (1.4151) on the radar, with the next area of interest coming in around 1.4110 (50% Fibonacci retracement).
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--- Written by David Song, Senior Strategist
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