The Canadian Dollar (CAD) depreciates against the US Dollar (USD) for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, weighed by growing risk aversion as global yields rise to multi-year highs and with expectations of an immediate Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike providing additional support to the Greenback. The USD/CAD pair has reached fresh two-week highs above 1.3920 ahead of the […]
The USD/CAD pair is hovering around mid-1.3800s during the Asian session on Tuesday, though the lack of follow-through selling warrants caution before positioning for an extension of the previous day’s retracement slide from an over two-week top. A further escalation of tensions between the US and Iran acts as a tailwind for crude oil prices, […]
The USD/CAD pair edges lower to around 1.3890 during the Asian trading hours on Monday. Renewed tensions between the US and Iran boost crude oil prices, supporting the commodity-linked Canadian Dollar (CAD) against the US Dollar (USD). Traders await employment reports from the US and Canada, due on Friday. US officials said on Sunday that […]
The Canadian dollar weakened to 1.39 per USD from a three-month high of 1.376 reached on August 21st, as a more restrictive policy signal from Fed Chair Warsh supported the US dollar. Warsh said the Fed is tracking the PCE index as an inflation gauge, using firmer rhetoric than earlier suggestions that a newly created […]
The USD/CAD pair is seen consolidating near the weekly high and trading around the 1.3875-1.3880 region during the Asian session on Thursday amid mixed fundamental cues. Despite the optimism over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the protracted Russia-Ukraine war keeps a floor under crude oil prices. This is seen offering some support to the commodity-linked […]
The USD/CAD pair sticks to a positive bias for the second straight day and trades around mid-1.3800s during the Asian session on Tuesday. Spot prices, however, lack bullish conviction amid a combination of diverging forces, warranting caution before positioning for an extension of the recent recovery from a three-month low, touched last week. Inflation risks stemming from […]
The week has begun with relatively low volatility in the currency market. An exception is the Canadian dollar, which is weakening against the US dollar today by over 0.4%. Figure 1: G10 Currency Dashboard (24.06.2026) Source: XTB Research, 24.08.2026 Where can the reasons for such a move be found? Return of the Trade War Talks […]
The USD/CAD pair struggles to capitalize on a bullish gap opening on Monday, though it retains an intraday positive bias amid concerns about a deepening US-Canada trade war. Spot prices currently trade just below the 1.3800 mark, up nearly 0.30% for the day, and, for now, seem to have snapped a three-day losing streak to a three-month […]