America's labour market still has a heartbeat, and that's supporting both U.S. and Canadian rates this morning. Here are the vital signs from America's marquee economic release: * April job growth: +177K (est. 138K | prior 185K) * Unemployment: 4.2% (est. 4.2% | prior 4.

💡The new rate simulator with updated forward rates is available here. Yields drifted northward today as talk of trade breakthroughs kept rates afloat. Traders also braced for Friday's job data to either confirm resilience or yell “recession.” Here's more of what got rates twitching on Thursday,

Wednesday brought a deluge of macro data, and the latest numbers hint at a slipping economy in Q2 and Q3. The real cliffhanger for mortgage rates, however, is whether inflation will spike like the morning line at Tim Hortons. Following today's fresh data, here's what'