(The report is) a testament to the fact that the Canadian manufacturing sector continues to confront a wide spectrum of challenges, including elevated input prices and a muscular Canadian dollar. |
(The survey) certainly continues to suggest that the Bank of Canada need not be concerned about inflationary pressures arising from manufacturers. |
Basically, it's the same underlying picture and certainly supportive of the monetary policy action they've been undertaking. |
Clearly, many of these automakers are encountering pretty substantial troubles and I think it is going to be a tough time for both the workers and the companies going forward - we'll just have to see how rough it is. |
I don't think there has been much of an impact at all from the election because, certainly a minority was expected, a minority was the outcome. |
I don't think this is going to cause the Bank of Canada to differ in its ways. We still think 4 percent (overnight rate) is the likely peak for them. |
Inflation isn't out of hand anyway in Canada. The market may think the Bank of Canada will move less aggressively. It will be a surprise if the bank moves beyond 4 percent. |
It does look like a U.S. dollar story. There doesn't seem to be any obvious fundamental story. |
It's hard to imagine that individual month-to-month figures are going to have much bearing. |
Keep in mind that auto shipments and sales tend to be quite volatile. They've been really going up and down pretty wildly over the last few months, and so I'd be hesitant to read too much into any one reading. |
Most people would argue the Canadian dollar is fairly valued somewhere in the 80-85 U.S. cent range, and we're not far from that. So I suspect the conditions manufacturers are facing right now are perhaps more reflective of the true long-term type of conditions they should expect. |
Perhaps part of the story for the Canadian dollar is the bump in oil prices and these wholesale numbers, but that's not all that evident in the fixed-income market. |
The Bank of Canada may look closely at this number and sit up and think whether they should go further. There is a probability they may go beyond 4 percent. |
The business sector in Canada continues to grow at a moderate pace. |
The Canadian dollar has gone through the roof. |