MONTREAL: The Canadian economy is likely headed for recession, two major banks said Thursday, predicting a successive contraction in the second quarter.

Canada, the world's fifth-biggest oil producer, has been hard hit by tumbling global oil prices and its economy shrank 0.6 percent at an annualized rate in the first quarter.

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