33 Quotes by Mark Chandler

This week was a bad one for energy prices, in particular natural gas prices, which were down 15 percent. There was no question of those eventually weighing on the currency.

We got a bit of an upward push because of the weakness in equities, a bit of reversal from what we saw yesterday.

The statement may be changed to suggest, because of a high degree of uncertainty, that they'll just wait and see how the data unfolds.

The simple fact that the trade sector has ceased to be a significant drag on growth will be enough to convince the Bank of Canada to move on September 7 (and beyond).

The most remarkable thing about Canadian growth is that it has been so stable given the degree of 'moving parts' like record currency strength, volatile energy prices, weather fluctuations, etcetera.

Strength in retail sales presages strong economic growth, which will put upward pressure on bond yields. The central bank may be a little bit more aggressive in hiking rates.

There may be a couple of surprises in the budget but for the most part I think they are going to play it reasonably safe and not fool with expectations too much. And if that's the case, then the market movement shouldn't be large.

There?s an awful lot of knowledge we can gain from past climates.

It's not in the best interest financially for our community. It's in the best interest of the developers who want to come in and do this.