Canada’s economy shrank for the fourth straight month in April as oil and mining slumped and a rebound in manufacturing remained elusive, opening the door to a second interest-rate cut from the central bank this year. Output shrank 0.1 percent to an annualized C$1.65 trillion ($1.33 trillion) in the month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, confounding economists’ expectations for a 0.1 percent expansion in a Bloomberg survey. Oil and gas, mining and quarrying fell 2.6 percent in the month, the sixth consecutive decline as crude’s slide continued to hammer Canada’s resource-rich economy. The data failed to show the strength in non-energy exports and consumer spending the Bank of Canada was counting on to take over as drivers of growth after output shrank at an annualized 0.6 percent in the first quarter, and raises the pressure to cut interest rates again at the July 15 meeting. “They shouldn’t wait any longer, […]