Canadian dollar steadies near 6-week high as inflation cools
Loonie touches its strongest since July 11
Canada's annual inflation rate slows to 2.5%
Price of U.S. oil decreases 0.6%
Bond yields ease across the curve
By Fergal Smith
TORONTO, Aug 20 (Reuters) -The Canadian dollar paredearlier gains against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as oil prices fell and domestic inflation data supported expectations the Bank of Canada would cut interest rates further next month.
The loonie CAD= was trading nearly unchanged at 1.3630 per U.S. dollar, or 73.37 U.S. cents, after touching its strongest intraday level since July 11 at 1.3606.
Canada's annual inflation rate cooled to a 40-month low of 2.5% in July, matching forecasts, and core inflation measures eased.
"Today's CPI print should be enough to quell concerns about sticky inflation pressures in Canada after two marginal upside surprises in May and June," Claire Fan, an economist at Royal Bank of Canada, said in a note.
"The hurdle for more BoC cuts this year is low and we continue to look for another 25 basis point cut at their next meeting in September."
The BoC has twice cut its policyinterest rate by 25 basis points since June, lowering it to 4.50%.
The swaps market is fully pricing in another cut at the next policy decision on Sept. 4 and expects 76 basis points of additional easing in total by the end of 2024, instead of an estimated72 basis points before the inflation data.
The price of oil, one of Canada's major exports, fell to a near two-week low as Middle East supply concerns eased and economic weakness in China weighed on fuel demand.
U.S. crude oil futures CLc1 were down 0.6% at $73.94 a barrel, while the U.S. dollar .DXY lost ground against a basket of major currencies ahead of revisions to U.S. payrolls data on Wednesday.
Canadian government bond yields moved lower across the curve, with the 10-year CA10YT=RR down 5.7 basis points at 3.009%.
Reporting by Fergal Smith; Editing by Richard Chang
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