{"id":23298,"date":"2014-08-10T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T23:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/?p=23298"},"modified":"2014-08-10T16:58:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T23:58:56","slug":"the-canadian-dollar-hangs-in-the-balance-between-weak-jobs-growth-and-strong-high-end-housing-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2014\/08\/10\/the-canadian-dollar-hangs-in-the-balance-between-weak-jobs-growth-and-strong-high-end-housing-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian Dollar Hangs in the Balance Between Weak Jobs Growth and Strong High-End Housing Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 14, 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/2313435-the-canadian-dollar-hangs-in-the-balance-between-weak-jobs-growth-and-strong-high-end-housing-demand\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the entire piece<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Employment picture remains lackluster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/daily-quotidien\/140711\/dq140711a-eng.htm?HPA\" target=\"_blank\">Statistics Canada painted another disappointing jobs picture for the country<\/a>. Instead of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyfx.com\/calendar?tz=-7&#038;sort=date&#038;week=2014%2F0706&#038;eur=false&#038;usd=false&#038;jpy=false&#038;gbp=false&#038;chf=false&#038;aud=false&#038;cad=true&#038;nzd=false&#038;cny=false&#038;high=true&#038;medium=false&#038;low=false\" target=\"_blank\">the 20,000 additional jobs expected by the &#8220;consensus&#8221; for June<\/a>, the Canadian economy lost 9,400 jobs. This means that year-over-year, the Canadian economy has only added 72,000 jobs, a growth rate of 0.4% that Statistics Canada described as &#8220;&#8230;the lowest year-over-year growth rate since February 2010, when year-over-year employment growth resumed following the 2008-2009 labour market downturn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23302\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140711_FXC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140711_FXC.png\" alt=\"After getting back to even for the year, the Canadian dollar falls against the U.S. dollar in response to a much weaker than expected employment report\" width=\"550\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140711_FXC.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140711_FXC-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After getting back to even for the year, the Canadian dollar falls against the U.S. dollar in response to a much weaker than expected employment report<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestockcharts.com\/platform\/v1\" target=\"_blank\">FreeStockCharts.com<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poor jobs growth is not slowing down the high-end of Canada&#8217;s housing market<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the same time that employment remains moribund, the high-end of Canada&#8217;s housing market is red hot as reported in <a href=\"http:\/\/sothebysrealty.ca\/blog\/en\/2014\/07\/07\/2014-mid-year-top-tier-real-estate-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">the 2014 Mid-Year Top-Tier Real Estate Report for Canada<\/a> produced by Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Canada. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>This dynamic represents a slowly increasing dilemma for monetary policy in slow-growth economies (whether it is GDP and\/or employment), and something where <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/2300285-australias-central-bank-is-not-overly-concerned-with-having-one-of-the-most-expensive-housing-markets-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\">I have decided to spend more of my attention<\/a>. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>The Sotheby&#8217;s report summarizes some amazingly strong year-over-year growth numbers for residential real estate units from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014 (sorted in descending order of growth rates):<\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23310\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadaHighEndHousingPropertyBreakdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadaHighEndHousingPropertyBreakdown.png\" alt=\"Vancouver and Toronto lead Canada&#039;s high-end markets for unit sales growth\" width=\"550\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadaHighEndHousingPropertyBreakdown.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadaHighEndHousingPropertyBreakdown-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vancouver and Toronto lead Canada&#8217;s high-end markets for unit sales growth<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Presumably, some of this robust growth comes from international sales. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23313\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianHighEndVsOverallMarket.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianHighEndVsOverallMarket.png\" alt=\"Comparison of High-End Housing Sales to Overall Market (2013)\" width=\"550\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianHighEndVsOverallMarket.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianHighEndVsOverallMarket-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comparison of High-End Housing Sales to Overall Market (2013)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23314\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianHighEndShareVsAvgPrice.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianHighEndShareVsAvgPrice.png\" alt=\"Comparison of Average Housing Price in Major Canadian Metro Areas Versus the Share of Sales from Homes Priced At Least $1M Canadian\" width=\"550\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianHighEndShareVsAvgPrice.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianHighEndShareVsAvgPrice-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comparison of Average Housing Price in Major Canadian Metro Areas Versus the Share of Sales from Homes Priced At Least $1M Canadian<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>{snip} Regardless, the main point here is that the high-end is small enough for Canada&#8217;s central bank to more or less ignore the heat coming from this side of the market. The dichotomy between slow jobs growth and strong growth in the high-end of the housing market can continue for quite some time. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23312\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianSingleFamilyStartsVsHighEndSales.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianSingleFamilyStartsVsHighEndSales.png\" alt=\"Single-Family Detached Residential Housing Comparison: Starts Versus MLS Sales of Homes Priced At Least $1M Canadian\" width=\"550\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianSingleFamilyStartsVsHighEndSales.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/140713_CanadianSingleFamilyStartsVsHighEndSales-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single-Family Detached Residential Housing Comparison: Starts Versus MLS Sales of Homes Priced At Least $1M Canadian<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source for all charts: <a href=\"http:\/\/sothebysrealty.ca\/blog\/en\/2014\/07\/07\/2014-mid-year-top-tier-real-estate-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Mid-Year Top-Tier Real Estate Report for Canada<\/a> produced by Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty Canada and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca\/odpub\/esub\/61500\/61500_2014_Q02.pdf?fr=1405304490482\" target=\"_blank\">Housing Market Outlook for 2014 to 2105<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Putting all the pieces together<\/strong><br \/>\nAssuming a soft landing for Canada&#8217;s overall housing market, the Bank of Canada will have scope and reason to maintain accommodative policies in the hopes of supporting the disappointing labor market. The sudden rebound in the Canadian dollar this year gives the Canadian central bank the scope for keeping rates low in the hopes of supporting stronger growth in exports through a weaker currency. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>Be careful out there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 14, 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/2313435-the-canadian-dollar-hangs-in-the-balance-between-weak-jobs-growth-and-strong-high-end-housing-demand\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the entire piece<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: long USD\/CAD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 14, 2014. Click here to read the entire piece.) Employment picture remains lackluster On Friday, Statistics Canada painted another disappointing jobs picture for the country. 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