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The Canadian dollar rose to a three-year high against the US dollar on April 28, 2021, as investors cheered domestic retail sales data. The move followed a hawkish Bank of Canada outlook that signalled earlier rate hikes than the Federal Reserve was signalling.
A firmer loonie makes Canadian-priced feed inputs and imported ingredients cheaper for Canadian buyers, while weakening Canadian export competitiveness. The effect on grain and oilseed prices is indirect.
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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.