Canadian Financial Close: C$ continues downtrend

   Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The Canadian dollar continued to weaken relative to its United States counterpart on Friday, hitting its lowest levels since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. The Canadian dollar settled at US$0.7103 or US$1=C$1.4079 on Friday, which compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7129 or US$1=C$1.4027. […] Read more

Canadian dollar and business outlook

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The Canadian dollar continued to weaken relative to its United States counterpart Friday morning, hitting fresh multi-year lows. At 8:47 a.m. CST the Canadian dollar was trading at US$0.7098 or US$1=C$1.4088 which compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7129 or US$1=C$1.4027. Canadian manufacturing sales were down by 0.5 per cent in […] Read more


Canadian Financial Close: C$ continues downtrend

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The Canadian dollar continued to weaken relative to its United States counterpart on Thursday, hitting its lowest levels since May 2020. The Canadian dollar settled at US$0.7129 or US$1=C$1.4027 on Thursday, which compares with Wednesday’s close of US$0.7153 or US$1=C$1.3980. Broad strength in the U.S. dollar internationally accounted for much […] Read more

Canadian dollar and business outlook

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The Canadian dollar was weaker Thursday morning, pressured by relatively solid economic data out of the United States. Initial jobless claims in the U.S. dipped to their lowest level since May in the latest report, coming in at 217,000. Meanwhile, the country’s producer price index was up by 0.2 per […] Read more


Canadian Financial Close: C$ falls Wednesday

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm  — The Canadian dollar was softer on Wednesday, hitting its weakest level in four-and-a- half years relative to its United States counterpart. The Canadian dollar settled at US$0.7153 or US$1=C$1.3980 on Wednesday, which compares with Tuesday’s close of US$0.7172 or US$1=C$1.3944. Solid inflation data out of the U.S., with consumer prices […] Read more

Canadian dollar and business outlook

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The Canadian dollar was weaker Wednesday morning, hitting fresh two-year lows relative to its United States counterpart. The U.S. consumer price index was up by 2.6 per cent on an annual basis in October, according to a report out of the country. The inflation data was in line with trade […] Read more


Canadian Financial Close: C$ hits two-year low

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The Canadian dollar was softer on Tuesday, touching its lowest level in two years relative to its United States counterpart as currency traders continue to consider what the next presidency of Donald Trump will mean for the U.S. economy and global trade. The Canadian dollar settled at US$0.7172 or US$1=C$1.3944 […] Read more

Canadian dollar and business outlook

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The Canadian dollar was weaker Tuesday morning as activity picked up after Remembrance Day. Canadian municipalities issued C$13.0 billion worth of building permits in September, which was up by 11.5 per cent from the previous month and the second-highest level since the start of the new series in January 2017, […] Read more