Markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The Canadian dollar was slightly firmer Friday morning. At 8:50 a.m. CDT the Canadian dollar was trading at US$0.7295 or US$1=C$1.3708 which compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7284 or US$1=C$1.3728. Retail sales in Canada were up by 1.1 per cent in January from the previous month at C$70.7 billion, reported Statistics Canada. […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The Canadian dollar was slightly softer on Thursday. The Canadian dollar settled at US$0.7284 or US$1=C$1.3728, which compares with Wednesday’s close of US$0.7296 or US$1=C$1.3706. The Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve left their key interest rates unchanged in policy announcements on Wednesday but warned of higher inflation. The Bank […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The Canadian dollar was softer Thursday morning, pressured by a declining appetite for risk in global financial markets amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. At 8:36 a.m. CDT the Canadian dollar was trading at US$0.7289 or US$1=C$1.3719 which compares with Wednesday’s close of US$0.7296 or US$1=C$1.3706. The Bank of Canada […] Read more