 Warez_Zealot Rural land of the rising sun
join:2006-04-19 japan | reply to LaZ3R Re: Loonie keeps going DOWN! :p
It will be interesting to see what happens to the US economy after the American election and the Olympics next year. |
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  Styvas Go Canucks Go Premium join:2004-09-15 Waterloo, ON | reply to Telly Boot And my mortgage payment just dropped. Nice! |
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  Telly Boot Premium join:2002-05-15 Vancouver, BC
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| reply to LaZ3R It's due to the Bank of Canada cutting interest rates, and if the US cuts interest rates in a week it will go up again. Investment money is following the higher interest rates: it's not really anything more than that. Look on the bright side: lower interest rates coming, and lower CDN dollar helps Canadian export businesses. -- Dawn,n,The time when men of reason go to bed. (Ambrose Bierce.) |
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join:2006-03-05 Toronto, ON | reply to LaZ3R S**t, no more ebay shopping spree |
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  The Flash You don't win friends with salad Premium join:2002-10-17 Toronto, ON | reply to LaZ3R It's under now
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  dirtyjeffer Merry Christmas Premium join:2002-02-21 London, ON | reply to capdjq there is an auto parts plant (they make door panels etc) near my work that has 4 months to find a buyer...if the company isn't bought, belly up it goes. |
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  capdjq Carpe Diem Premium join:2000-11-01 Vancouver
| reply to LaZ3R A good thing for us Consumers not a good thing for the Export economy, in the long run. 60%-70% of our trade is with the US. The Lumber industry has already had massive layoffs in BC, with mills shutting down. The movie industry has received massive subsidies from our Province to keep it competitive.
About the only good news for Industry is they can upgrade their aging equipment cheaper to be more competitive and increase productivity.
The US will soon gain by the lower US dollar. Foreign Companies will find it cheaper to open manufacturing plants in the US and IT companies can soon relocate from India as their costs rise in those countries. -- Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement. |
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  TKJunkMail Enjoy the sun Premium join:2002-03-03 Avalon, NJ
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| reply to LaZ3R Parity at the close of business for the month: »www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/can···ose.html
November 2007 1.0000 October 2007 0.9447 September 2007 0.9948 August 2007 1.0562 July 2007 1.0668 June 2007 1.0654 May 2007 1.0696 April 2007 1.1101 March 2007 1.1546 February 2007 1.1698 January 2007 1.1770 December 2006 1.1654 November 2006 1.1422
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  Devanchya Smile Premium join:2003-12-09 Ajax, ON | reply to Happyrat so sad.
Had to buy US cash today for a trip I'm making (no optional), and spent 6 extra on the US cash.
Banks have us under par again... |
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  Happyrat Google Is Your Best Friend Premium join:2002-07-01 Disneyland
2 edits | reply to LaZ3R Part of the cause is the sub prime mortgage fiasco in the US, but the other cause is rising commodity prices and $100 a barrel oil.
These are all the factors that are pushing us up against the US dollar...
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The trillion dollar a year black hole that the Americans are shovelling money into in Iraq doesn't exactly help their case either... Gov't spending is a key cause of inflation and military spending generally is one of the worst...
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Plus I almost forgot America's $6 trillion trade deficit with China...
America: She in deep doodoo...
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  Devanchya Smile Premium join:2003-12-09 Ajax, ON | reply to Phorkster It's a north american currency thing... trade, stuff like that. |
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 Phorkster Premium join:2004-06-27 Windsor, ON | reply to LaZ3R Bring in the Amero ! BTW There are no credit worries in Canada, not like in the US, so this shouldn't be a factor. |
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  Devanchya Smile Premium join:2003-12-09 Ajax, ON | reply to LaZ3R This is due to North American worries over the credit issues.
*yawn* |
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  LaZ3R Premium join:2003-01-17
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Soon USA will be laughing at us again Hehe. But in all seriousness, the dollar is better off at this level. Much safer at this point. Would be perfect if it stayed at this point without too much fluctuation but... that never happens in the business world now does it . -- Life is a game of blackjack. You keep playing until you bust. |
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