CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips
ReutersAug 22, 2025 1:00 PM
The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Friday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.
The loonie CAD= was trading 0% lower at C$1.3915 to the greenback, or 71.86 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.39 to 1.3918.
Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR fell 1.7 basis points to 3.47%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 4.3179%.
U.S. October crude CLc1 futures rose 10 cents to $63.62 a barrel on Friday.
Canadian retail sales rose 1.5% in July from June. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected retail sales growth of 1.5%.Excluding autos, retail sales rose 1.9% in July, Statistics Canada said. Analysts had forecast July sales, excluding autos, to be up 1.1%.
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