Bank of Canada: A 25bp cut, but heightened uncertainty led to the guidance to be dropped

Unchanged retail sales ahead of a GST holiday-fuelled shopping spree

Inflation eased thanks to the temporary GST holiday

Housing activity eased in December but remains on an improving trend

A robust labour market will not deter the BoC from cutting again in January

Inflation eased slightly, but some stickiness in core measures of inflation

Bank of Canada: Another 50bp cut and the easing will continue

More slack in the labour market despite strong job gains means a 50bp cut next week

Modest growth in Q4, but without population growth, it would have been a contraction

Robust retail sales are pointing to a bottoming out in spending per capita