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In March, consumer price growth in Canada unexpectedly slowed to 2.3% year-on-year from February's 2.6%, according to Statistics Canada. However, market participants and economists still expect that the Bank of Canada will keep the interest rate at the current level.

A decrease of the indicator value may contribute to the fall in quotes of GBP.

Traders are looking ahead to the Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision on Wednesday, remaining confident in the stability of the national currency regardless of the central bank’s move, Bloomberg reports.

An increase of the indicator value may contribute to the rise in quotes of Zinc, Nickel, Palladium, Aluminium, Copper, CNY.

A decrease of the indicator value may contribute to the fall in quotes of CAD.

Ripple, the issuer of the XRP cryptocurrency, has announced the acquisition of brokerage platform Hidden Road, which previously managed transactions worth over $3 trillion a year for more than 300 institutional clients. The deal carries a valuation exceeding $1.2 billion.

Canadian regulators have given the green light to the launch of the world's first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on Solana. The Solana ETF is set to debut on April 16.

Chile’s Enami is in talks with producers and trading firms to secure funding for its $1.4 billion Paipote copper smelter project. According to Bloomberg, the move is part of the country's efforts to reverse the decline in its processing capacity.

According to data released on Tuesday, the UK labor market is showing signs of slowing down. This points to a sharp drop in hiring ahead of this month’s tax hike on employers. At the same time, wage growth remains strong.

Former Bank of Japan official Kenzo Yamamoto announced a probable pause in interest rate hikes at the next BOJ meeting in May. The expert's forecast is due to the likely negative impact of Trump's policies on the economy of the Asian country.