More quickly than anticipated and the bank of canada expects inflation to remain near 2 three 2019. The u. S. Tax reform is likely to curb canadian investment growth. Bank of canada raising its overnight Interest Rate to 1. 25 . Eady we are seeing the dollar spike. A. 5 gain in the dollar in reaction to that. There had been a bit of hedging in recent days. The bank of canada might consider nafta and a breakdown in nafta talks as a central risk and might hold off on this raise, but that has not happened. We will hear from the bank of Canada Governor later in the day. He will be interviewed by bn n. It will be interesting to get his perspective on nafta and the other issues facing canada. Here, we are seeing stocks which rose to a record closing level, seeing moderate gains in todays session after the gains yesterday melted away midday. The dow still not about 26,000 above 26,000. We have some push and pull in todays session. On the plus side, big cap text docs seeing strengthening. Ibm