USD/CAD: Election jitters could offer a rally to fade – TDS

Previewing the Canadian federal election that will take place on Monday, September 20, TD Securities analysts noted that recent polls give a slight edge to Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party over Erin O'Toole's Conservative.

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"Both the Liberal and Conservative platforms call for significant new spending and neither party plans to balance the budget within the foreseeable future. We anticipate a slightly larger near-term economic impact from the Liberal platform, although it would also result in larger deficits from 2023 onward."

"For USDCAD, the election jitters could offer a rally to fade, reflecting scope for less fiscal support or paper-thin governing mandates. That said, global factors remain the key CAD driver, where we like the prospects of reduced growth worries and a lighter form of reflation to emerge through the fall. The result would be another peak in the broad USD, offering an opportunity to fade USDCAD rallies towards 1.28."