Morning Bid: Easter rising? Markets seek solace
Even though a late stock market rally on Wall Street on Friday has been extended in futures prices into a new holiday-shortened week, flip-flopping of U.S. trade policy announcements over the past two days doesn't bode well for corporate and household planning - or indeed market stability. Another big focus of the week will be central bank meetings in Canada and in the euro zone, with both the European Central Bank and the Bank of Canada expected to lower interest rates by a quarter point each. Today, we look at the ECB's decision in detail and how it will view the sharp appreciation of the euro in its deliberations.