* Canadian dollar at C$1.0672 or 93.70 U.S. cents * Bond prices lower across the maturity curve By Leah Schnurr TORONTO, July 9 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened modestly against the greenback on Wednesday, though the currency was expected to hew to a narrow rage with investors turning their attention to the domestic employment report at the end of the week. Reaction to Wednesday's Canadian housing data was muted after a report showed housing starts unexpectedly rose in June.ID:nZON757Q00 Later in the day, markets will get the minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting. But the loonie is expected to be constrained until Friday's employment report and, beyond that, next week's Bank of Canada meeting. The economy is forecast to have added 20,000 jobs last month. Investors are waiting to see how the Bank of Canada will react to recent surprisingly strong inflation data after the central bank has repeatedly flagged its concerns about the low inflation environment. "Employment on Friday is going to be just a preamble for the Bank of Canada next week," said Martin Schwerdtfeger, FX strategist at TD Securities in Toronto. "For the Bank of Canada, we think they are going to balance once again inflation coming higher relative to their previous projections with GDP coming lower." Analysts expect that will allow the central bank to maintain the neutral tone it has held since October. "They have no incentive whatsoever to modify market expectations at this point in time," said Schwerdtfeger. The Canadian dollarCAD=D4 was at C$1.0672 to the greenback, or 93.70 U.S. cents, slightly stronger than Tuesday's close of C$1.0677, or 93.66 U.S. cents. Canadian government bond prices were lower across the maturity curve, with the two-yearCA2YT=RR off 1 Canadian cent to yield 1.121 percent and the benchmark 10-yearCA10YT=RR down 3 Canadian cents to yield 2.256 percent. (Editing by Nick Zieminski) ((leah.schnurr@thomsonreuters.com)(+1 416 941 8103)(Reuters Messaging: leah.schnurr.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
CANADA FX DEBT-C$ range-bound ahead of Friday's jobs data
* Canadian dollar at C$1.0672 or 93.70 U.S. cents * Bond prices lower across the maturity curve By Leah Schnurr TORONTO, July 9 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened modestly against the greenback on Wednesday, though the currency was expected to hew to a narrow rage with investors turning their attention to the domestic employment report at the end of the week.
July 9, 2014
