The country's six largest lenders release their fiscal year-end earnings this week.

Canada’s biggest banks are reporting their earnings for the fiscal year-end, covering the three months that ended Oct. 31.

Bank of Nova Scotia kicked off the year-end earnings season on Tuesday, followed by Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank of Canada on Wednesday. Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will wrap up earnings week on Thursday.

Analysts predicted that Canada’s big banks would post a boost in earnings even as the U.S. trade war and economic uncertainty weigh on borrowing among consumers.

Analysts also predicted a growth in provisions for credit losses – the funds banks set aside to cover loans that may default – and higher fee-based income that

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