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Under threat—the lucrative export of U.S. dollar notes and U.S. Treasury securities
President Donald Trump’s policies to balance trade and increase employment will likely fail because of an iron law of international economics: If a country spends more on goods and services than it produces, the difference must be ...
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Turmoil in Washington may have immediate consequences for Canada
This week, Gary Cohn, President Trump’s top economic advisor, resigned, allegedly because he disagreed with the president’s plan for tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. After the tariffs announcement, several Republican politicians ...
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Exchange rates can overreact to news reports including NAFTA buzz
This week a report stating that the Canadian government is increasingly convinced that President Trump will pull the United States out of NAFTA was credited with causing the Canadian dollar to drop from a closing value on Jan. 9 of US$ ...
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Economic Consequences of a Lower Canadian Dollar
After hovering around parity with the US dollar for three years, Canada?s exchange rate fell sharply in 2013, ending the year near 90 cents (US). Initially, the lower dollar was greeted with relief, especially for our manufacturing exporters. But as the ...