CANADA FX DEBT – Canadian dollar strengthens, benchmark yield slips -December 21, 2023 at 09:00 am EST

The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on
Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.
The loonie was trading 0.3% higher at C$1.3329 to the
greenback, or 75.02 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of
1.3329 to 1.3371.
Canadian government 10-year bond yields fell 1.5
basis points to 3.044%. The yield on similar U.S. government
benchmark debt fell to 3.8416%.
U.S. February crude futures fell $1.23 to $72.99 a barrel
on Thursday.
Canadian retail sales rose 0.7% in November from October.
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected retail sales growth of
0.8%.Excluding autos. retail sales rose 0.6% in November,
Statistics Canada said.  Analysts had forecast November sales,
excluding autos, to be up 0.5%.