Canadian dollar hits 3-month low as dovish Bank of Canada cuts rates
Canadian dollar weakens 0.1% against the greenback
Touches its weakest since April 17 at 1.3807
Flash estimate shows decline in factory sales
2-year yield touches a 14-month low at 3.595%
By Fergal Smith
TORONTO, July 24 (Reuters) -The Canadian dollar weakened to a three-month low against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as the Bank of Canada lowered interest rates, as expected, for a second time in two months and signaled it was likely to ease further.
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 4.5% and said more reductions in borrowing costs were likely if inflation continued to cool in line with forecasts. In June, the BoC became the first G7 central bank to begin easing policy.
"The market initially is taking it a little bit dovishly," said Michael Greenberg, head of Americas portfolio management, at Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions.
"The Canadian dollar sold off a little bit, bond yields (are) rallying a little bit - that suggests people are focusing more on some of the verbiage around excess supply, slowing demand and a cooling economy, which of course would suggest there's more rate cuts to come this cycle still," Greenberg said.
Investors see a roughly 50% chance of another rate cut at the next policy announcement in September and 43 basis points of additional easing in total this year. 0#BOCWATCH
The Canadian dollar CAD= was trading 0.1% lower at 1.3790 to the U.S. dollar, or 72.52 U.S. cents, after touching its weakest intraday level since April 17 at 1.3807. It was the currency's sixth straight day of declines.
A preliminary estimate showed Canadian factory sales falling 2.6% in June from May
The price of oil, one of Canada's major exports, rebounded from a six-week low, supported by large draws in U.S. crude and fuel stocks. U.S. crude oil futures CLc1 were up 1.3% at $77.97 a barrel.
Canadian bond yields moved lower across the curve. The two-year CA2YT=RR was down 8.6 basis points at 3.620%, after earlier touching its lowest since May 2023 at 3.595%.
Reporting by Fergal Smith; Editing by Rod Nickel
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