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Posthaste: The Canadian dollar is getting hammered — and its future looks even bleaker | Financial Post

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So what’s up with the Canadian dollar? While many thought the currency would strengthen in 2023, the loonie has slid to depths not seen since the height of the pandemic. (This morning it was trading near a 6-month low of 72.43 US cents) A big part of this mystery is that the drivers of the currency have changed. When a hawkish Bank of Canada was raising interest rates it supported the loonie, but now that the slowing economy has reduced the risk of more hikes, new drivers are taking over.…

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Canadian Dollar Hits 4-week Low As Investors See End To Bank Of Canada’s Hiking Bias | The Globe and Mail

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The Canadian dollar weakened to a nearly four-week low against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as the greenback climbed broadly and investors bet that the Bank of Canada would forgo language pointing to further interest rate hikes. Canada’s central bank is expected to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 1.75 per cent on Wednesday and for the rest of this year, with calls for the next hike in early 2020 resting on a knife’s edge, a Reuters poll showed. Read full story here: Canadian Dollar Hits 4-week Low As…

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Loonie, One Of The Big Losers Of 2018, Remains ‘Expensive,’ Experts Say | CBC News

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It was a rough ride for the loonie in 2018. The Canadian dollar fell nearly eight per cent against its U.S. counterpart last year — with much of its slide worsening in the fourth quarter — plunging almost six per cent since October. In fact, the loonie was the second worst performing major currency in the world against the U.S. dollar in the last quarter, just behind another commodity currency, the Norwegian Krone, according to CIBC. Read full story here: Loonie, One Of The Big Losers Of 2018, Remains ‘Expensive,’ Experts Say | CBC News

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Is The Loonie The ‘Most Hated Currency’ In Markets Right Now? | CBC News

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The Canadian dollar has seen its share of volatility this year as trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada reached a fever pitch over the weekend. The currency is down more than five per cent against the U.S. dollar since hitting its highest point this year at the end of January. Even as it moved higher on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates, Mark McCormick, head of North American foreign exchange strategy at TD Securities, said the loonie “is probably the market’s most hated currency now,” based on his discussions with investors.…

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Canadian Dollar Falls From 4-Month High After Trump Boosts U.S. Dollar – Business – CBC News

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The Canadian dollar retreated from a four-month high against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after comments from U.S. President Donald Trump boosted the greenback against most major currencies. During his first visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump stressed that he ultimately wanted to see a stronger U.S. dollar. The move comes on the back of comments made by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday, when he said a weaker buck was good for American exporters.Those comments had sent the U.S. dollar to a three-year low against a basket of currencies. On Thursday, the…

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‘Energizer Bunny’ Loonie To Peak Near 80 Cents US: Experts | CTV News

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Two leading Bay Street strategists expect the Canadian dollar’s steady climb over the last two months will start to top out at about 80 cents US, a level it flirted with on Monday amid signs of an increasingly robust economy. The loonie, which ended Monday with an average trading price of 79.92 cents US, up 0.23 of a cent, has packed on more than seven cents since early May — a surge largely fueled by the vote of confidence earlier this month from the Bank of Canada in the form…

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