The USD has been slowly weakening over the last few months. It is getting to the point that other countries are beginning to accuse the U.S. government and the Fed of intentionally weakening their own currency. This news is not good for the U.S. as they are in the middle of trying to convince [...]
The Canadian dollar (CAD) has not reached parity with the U.S. dollar (USD) since April of this year, until this past week. It didn’t close at par with it but reached it in intraday trading. Now analysts are saying that they think this is not just a short lived trend. They feel that for [...]
Between the USA and Canada there are many similarities in culture, people and lifestyle. There may not be two countries that are more similar to each other in the developed world than these two. However, there are some differences between the two nations and those differences dictate how businesses should alter their strategies when dealing [...]
The Canadian dollar (CAD) has been relatively stable for a while now and has been hovering just below parity with the US dollar (USD). The CAD has been in the $0.95-$0.99 range for some months now with only short periods out of this range. Some parts of the Canadian economy are impacted negatively by this strong [...]
Beginning February of 2011, a new U.S. $100 bill will be introduced in to circulation. This new bill follows updates to the $5, $10, $20 and $50 bills that began in 2003. The reason for the changes and updates are for security purposes to defend against counterfeiters. Most advanced nations update their currencies every so often to try [...]
The Canadian dollar has reached parity with the USD and it appears that it is not going to turn back down that quickly as was expected by a lot of people. The strong dollar makes it very difficult for a lot of businesses in Canada to succeed. Companies that rely on exports to US, which [...]
The Canadian dollar has been hovering close to par with the US dollar for some time now and many experts are saying that it will continue for the foreseeable future. There are even growing thoughts that it will surpass the US dollar and might reach levels of $1.15-$1.20 USD for every Canadian dollar. If it does [...]
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