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By Pankaj K
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What's Keeping the Loonie Weak. The negotiations are at what both sides are calling a critical stage.
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Bank of Canada Watches and Waits. The Bank of Canada hasn't moved on interest rates, and officials are keeping a close eye on how…
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Traders Brace for More Swings. Market participants are preparing for volatility. Any announcement — or even a credible leak —…
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The Canadian dollar dropped Friday. It hit 1.3560 against the US dollar, and traders didn't like what they saw — or rather, what they couldn't see.
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Investors have been nervous for weeks now. The ongoing trade discussions between Canada and the United States have kept the loonie under real pressure, with no clear end in sight.
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The negotiations are at what both sides are calling a critical stage. Both Canada and the United States are pushing for an outcome that works in their favor — which is, of…
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Oil prices are also in the mix. Canada's economy leans hard on energy exports, and any swing in global oil demand or supply tends to ripple straight into the Canadian dollar's…
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And then there's the US dollar itself. The greenback has been strong against a range of major currencies, pushed up by domestic economic indicators and general investor…
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More context: FTX Creditor Daizhuo Chen Fights Missed Deadline as $1.8B Reserve Hangs Over Final Hearing
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The timing matters. Canada's export sector is big, and any meaningful tariff changes would work their way through the economy fast enough to affect growth and inflation numbers.
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Unclear whether officials are frustrated by that dynamic. They're not saying.
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Market participants are preparing for volatility. Any announcement — or even a credible leak — from the negotiations could move the currency pair sharply in either direction.
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Some analysts think a favorable tariff agreement could actually give the Canadian dollar a real lift.
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The Federal Reserve's monetary policy is another variable traders are watching. Changes in US interest rates affect investor strategy globally, and the Canadian dollar isn't…
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So the market sits in a kind of tense equilibrium — watching Ottawa, watching Washington, watching oil prices, watching the Fed.
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