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The Bank of Canada's (BoC's) rate decision will be on 4 March (10:00 ET).
The BoC unexpectedly cut its overnight lending rate (-25bps to 0.75%) in January, which it justified as "insurance" against the oil-price shock, a mostly negative development for Canada's economy.
Oil prices have stabilised somewhat since then, and the latest speech by Governor Poloz was slightly hawkish. Standard Chartered Research notes: