• Canadian Dollar sees thin action in quiet midweek market.
• Canada brings strictly low-impact data for the rest of the week.
• CAD recovery supported by Crude Oil, but energy market hesitation limits gains.

The Canadian Dollar (CAD) churns on Wednesday as markets continue to digest Tuesday’s harsh shift in rate cut expectations after US inflation came in hotter than investors were hoping. Rate cut hopes have been pushed further out, propping up the US Dollar (USD) and keeping the Canadian Dollar pinned in the red by around three-quarters of a percent against the Greenback.

Canada sees low-tier economic data releases for the rest of the week, which are likely to be overshadowed by US data prints as investors find themselves at odds with the US economy. Rate cut hopes are pinned on US inflation cooling off at a much faster trajectory, as well as an overall decline in US economic health that has thus far failed to materialize