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Canadian Prime Minister Carney to visit New York to court investors

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to New York this week to court investors and business leaders as Ottawa seeks large-scale capital for infrastructure, energy, defense and critical minerals. The government is pitching Canada’s stability, low debt, trade access and resource base and plans to leverage public, private and institutional financing — including incentives and capital programs — to support more than C$1 trillion of investment. The outreach aims to accelerate financing for major industrial projects and could boost foreign investment flows into Canadian equities, bonds and commodity-linked sectors and support the Canadian dollar. Market impact is likely positive for resource and infrastructure sectors and could tighten domestic financing spreads, though outcomes depend on investor appetite amid geopolitical and supply-chain uncertainty.

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USD/CAD

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Bullish

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Institutional outlook

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