CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips

The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Tuesday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.

The loonie CAD= was trading 0.3% lower at C$1.3672 to the greenback, or 73.14 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3631 to 1.3672.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR fell 3.9 basis points to 3.22%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 4.0406%.

U.S. March crude CLc1 futures fell 45 cents to $62.44 a barrel on Tuesday.

Canada's annual inflation rate eased to 2.3% in January, down from 2.4% in December, Statistics Canada said. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected an annual rate of 2.4%