# Canadian dollar ends 2018 with worst year since 2015 - The Globe and Mail

> The Canadian dollar ended 2018 with its worst annual performance since 2015, down 7.7 percent, after touching a 19-month low intraday before recovering as oil and stocks rallied. Oil had fallen about 40 percent since October.

- Date: 2018-12-31 · published 2018-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61777-canadian-dollar-ends-2018-with-worst-year-since-2015-the-globe-and-mail
- Commodities: [Canadian Dollar (CAD per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDCAD.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker loonie makes Canadian grain and oilseed exports cheaper on world markets, while the oil slump pressures Canadian energy-sector demand and sentiment.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bearish ▼
- USDCAD: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2018-12-20 | [The Canadian dollar and the price at the gas pump: Why you can’t win for losing - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61782-the-canadian-dollar-and-the-price-at-the-gas-pump-why-you-can-t-win-for-losing.md) | -6.7% | +12.5% |
| WTI | 2024-07-26 | [Canadian dollar posts longest losing streak in six years as oil falls - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29504-canadian-dollar-posts-longest-losing-streak-in-six-years-as-oil-falls-the-globe.md) | -2.3% | -7.0% |
| WTI | 2023-11-07 | [Canadian dollar weakens despite wider trade surplus - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33410-canadian-dollar-weakens-despite-wider-trade-surplus-the-globe-and-mail.md) | -3.2% | -11.3% |
| WTI | 2019-11-22 | [Canadian dollar ends week lower as economic threat from CN strike builds - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56304-canadian-dollar-ends-week-lower-as-economic-threat-from-cn-strike-builds-the.md) | -2.2% | +3.4% |
| WTI | 2026-07-30 | [Canadian dollar rises to six-week high as greenback slides - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18588-canadian-dollar-rises-to-six-week-high-as-greenback-slides-the-globe-and-mail.md) | -10.1% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- theglobeandmail.com: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/market-news/article-canadian-dollar-steadies-but-maintains-course-for-worst-year-since/

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