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Following a number of months that experienced headline driven volatility, the Canadian bond market was much more subdued in August. Bond prices and yields moved within narrow bands all month, although it felt like some of the flight-to-safety bid for bonds from previous months was unwinding. Investors’ attention was taken up mainly with relatively high levels of new provincial and corporate issuance. However, a number of times during August U.S. central bankers stirred up speculation of a September interest rate increase and those prompted bond market adjustments. The FTSE TMX Canada Bond Universe returned 0.09% in the month. (more…)