Key take-aways
It was a solid quarter for North American equity markets. U.S. equity values, in particular, surged by US$4 trillion. Corporate earnings played a key role, as did optimism that central banks will begin cutting interest rates in the second half of this year, which helped drive the positive returns on both sides of the border. Investors were particularly pleased when the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would maintain its outlook for three quarter-point rate cuts this year (which would be the first rate cuts since 2020). In early March, the Bank of Canada held its overnight policy rate at 5%. Like their American counterparts, it was the fifth-consecutive monetary policy meeting where Canadian officials opted to pause rate changes, though Canadian policymakers have been less inclined to commit to a rate-cutting forecast.
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