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FluffyMcDeath
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$1.05
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:52 am
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According to my exchange ticker, at around 17:40 UTC the exchange rate hit .9522, which means that the Canadian dollar bought about $1.05 US.
Meanwhile oil was just shy of $93 USD/b. |
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faethor
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:57 am
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Ahh does everyone remember the good ole 1999 a mere 8 years ago when oil was 5x less or ~$20/ barrel?
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Glaucus
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:50 pm
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I'm not economist, but I suspect there's a strong link between the low USD and the high price for oil. Since oil is sold in USD, they raise the price to compensate for the money they'd loose if they didn't raise it.
Of course, Canadian retailers are still sluggish in reducing their prices to reflect the strong CDN dollar. At least our gas prices haven't gone through the roof yet. I mean, fuel isn't cheap but I've seen it much higher then what it is now.
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faethor
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:58 pm
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| Glaucus wrote: | | I'm not economist, but I suspect there's a strong link between the low USD and the high price for oil. Since oil is sold in USD, they raise the price to compensate for the money they'd loose if they didn't raise it. |
Exactly. And if it continues it's more likely that oil bearing nations will dump the USD and peg oil to another resource like the Euro, unlikely, or gold, perhaps more likely. Then you'll see the US economy, in the words of Culture Club, I'll tumble for you...
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FluffyMcDeath
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:52 pm
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| Glaucus wrote: | I'm not economist, but I suspect there's a strong link between the low USD and the high price for oil. Since oil is sold in USD, they raise the price to compensate for the money they'd loose if they didn't raise it.
- Mike |
Well, you can actually check out that supposition by taking a look at this Government of Canada site that keeps track of exactly that sort of thing.
Of course, it's metric You have to convert from cubic meters to barrels yourself but the conversion is given at the bottom of the table of the month you pick. |
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