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Canada Dollar Falls Most in Year as Inflation Slows to 2009 Low
The Canadian dollar posted its biggest loss in a year against its U.S. peer as the nation's annual inflation rate fell in April to its slowest in more than three years, bolstering the case for relaxing monetary policy.
| 12,613.05 | +105.45 | (0.84%) | |
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| 934.68 | +1.82 | (0.20%) | |
| 15,354.40 | +121.18 | (0.80%) | ||
| 1,667.47 | +17.00 | (1.03%) |
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A lower Canadian dollar may be welcome news for the country's exporters, but waiting for the currency to find its new normal is unsettling.
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Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| DI.UN | Dundee International Real Estate Inves | -2.55% | 774.79M |
Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.00% | -0.0019 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 1.12% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 0.950% | +0.0100 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.31% | -0.0400 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |