💡See also: The latest rate simulator results (below). Monday's bond markets remained subdued in the absence of any meaningful economic data or shocks. But we nonetheless picked up plenty of signals that could steer rates over the medium term.

"Canada lost jobs last month, and markets couldn’t have cared less," declared Scotiabank’s Derek Holt. "Heartless? Not really, it’s a rational response to a dog’s breakfast of data and shaky underlying drivers," he said. Here's what else economists were chewing

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