HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK – July 8

United States

• It was a relatively heavy week on the U.S. data calendar, with both manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs, auto sales, and the international trade reports acting as preambles to this morning’s highly antici­pated non-farm payrolls release.
• With U.S. markets closed on Thursday, attention shifted to overseas, as both the Bank of England (BoE) and European Central Bank (ECB) kept benchmark rates unchanged.
• June’s non-farm payrolls rose by an impressive 195k, surpassing market expectations of 165k. U.S. trea­suries sold-off following the release, as the 10-year rose by 20 basis and currently sits at 2.7%.

Canada

• WTI prices topped US$100 per barrel, narrowing the Brent-WTI spread to less than US$5 per barrel for the first time since January 2011.
• Canada’s international trade deficit narrowed in May, as a 1.6% drop in exports was more than offset by a 3.2% decline in imports.
• Employment was unchanged in June, although the underlying details were soft; 32,000 full-time positions

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