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The Canadian dollar reached 74 US cents on Thursday, its strongest level since September 2024, after a more than 3% rise in under two weeks. It slipped to the mid-73-cent range Friday after Trump named Kevin Warsh as next Fed chair, a pick that strengthened the greenback while sending equities and gold lower.
A stronger loonie and weaker dollar make US-priced feed inputs cheaper for Canadian buyers but reduce Canadian export competitiveness. Dollar weakness generally supports dollar-denominated commodity prices.
theglobeandmail.comMark RendellJan 31, 2026After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
