Archive for August 3rd, 2009

What’s behind the loonie’s rise?

Last week’s rosy economic outlook by the Bank of Canada – it declared the recession over – helped boost the dollar (CAD/USD-I0.940.011.07%) . Currency markets shrugged off Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s caution that a high dollar could hamper the recovery, focusing instead on his comment that Canada is emerging from the recession in [...]

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