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The Canadian dollar retreated from a four-month high against the U.S. dollar after Trump said at Davos he wanted a stronger greenback. The loonie had gained about 5% over the past month following Treasury Secretary Mnuchin's remarks that a weaker dollar helps exporters.
The Canadian dollar closed around 81.15 U.S. cents.
A stronger loonie makes Canadian canola, wheat and other exports more expensive abroad and can weigh on Canadian-origin feed ingredient prices, while a firmer greenback pressures dollar-denominated grain prices.
cbc.caRajeshni Naidu-GhelaniJan 25, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% 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.
