USD/CAD - Canadian Dollar Rallies
(MENAFN - Baystreet.ca) The Canadian dollar is riding the coat-tails of a broad U.S. dollar selloff against the major G-10 currencies. USD/CAD dropped from $1.2744 on Wednesday to $1.2608, despite West Texas Intermediate oil prices plunging 5.7% in the same period. Canadian dollar traders are also ignoring the negative economic impact from existing coronavirus lockdown measures in Ontario and Quebec and the extremely low numbers (compared to the U.K. and U.S.) of people getting COVID-19 vaccines. Canada Retail Sales data for December will underscore the economic damage to the economy from...