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See also: Mortgage Tidbits (below).
Canadian growth flatlined in November and barely inched higher in December, likely keeping rates on ice even longer. But bond yields shrugged it off like yesterday's bad news.
Meanwhile, hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation, Trump's hawkish-leaning Fed chair pick, and a widening Canadian deficit stopped yields from dropping much—on either side of the border.
