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According to a Statistics Canada report released in 2017, the purchasing power parity (PPP) for gross domestic income was US$0.84 per Canadian dollar. Comparable items cost one dollar in Canada compared to 84 cents in the United States. Since 1999, the PPP had been "relatively stable". [15]
Many Canadian merchants close to the border, as well as large stores in big cities and major tourist hotspots in Peru also accept U.S. dollars, though usually at a value that favours the merchant. In Cambodia, US notes circulate freely and are preferred over the Cambodian riel for large purchases, [27] [28] with the riel used for change to ...
Wages in U.S. dollars are computed by the UNECE Secretariat using purchasing-power-parity dollars. Gross average monthly wages cover total wages and salaries in cash and in kind, before any tax deduction and before social security contributions.
The Canadian dollar edged higher against its U.S. counterpart on Friday but was still headed for a weekly and monthly decline as domestic gross domestic product data bolstered bets for an outsized ...
The Canadian dollar weakened to nearly a five-year low against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday, hurt by domestic political unrest as well as a wider gap between Canadian and U.S. bond yields after ...
The loonie was trading 0.3% higher at 1.4350 to the U.S. dollar, or 69.69 U.S. cents, extending its recovery from the weakest intraday level in nearly five years at 1.4467 on Thursday.
In the economy of the Americas, the Canadian dollar plays a similar role to that played by the Australian dollar (AUD) in the Asia-Pacific region. The Canadian dollar (as a regional reserve currency for banking) has been an important part of the British, French and Dutch Caribbean states' economies and finance systems since the 1950s. [42]
The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday as investors took stock of recent gains for the American currency ahead of employment data on both sides of the border ...