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Statistics Canada reported Q1 2026 GDP was flat quarter-on-quarter, or -0.1% annualized, versus a 1.5% forecast, with March contracting 0.1% monthly. VT Markets said USD/CAD was up 0.25% to 1.3820 and forecast a move toward 1.4000.
Expectations of Bank of Canada easing and a weaker loonie shift the currency backdrop for Canadian canola and barley exports, a modest factor for feed import costs.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.