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The Canadian dollar weakened against the U.S. dollar on March 27, pulling back from a 10-day high as the coronavirus weighed on global stocks and oil. U.S. crude futures fell 3.5% to $21.81 a barrel.
Canada expanded its mortgage securities purchases and its aid package.
A weaker loonie tracks falling oil prices, which hurts Canadian export income and the outlook for commodity demand. Continued oil weakness keeps pressure on energy-linked currencies and sentiment.
theglobeandmail.comReutersMar 27, 2020Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 565 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -5.9% to +3.0%), and -0.5% over 20.
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.
