The 0.2% m/m rise in GDP in May puts the economy on track to beat the Bank of Canada’s expectations for growth in the second quarter. While that will increase speculation that the Bank will stay on the side-lines as central banks elsewhere loosen policy, we think that a renewed slowdown in growth in the second half of the year will eventually force the Bank into action.
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