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For example, the purchasing power of the US dollar relative to that of the euro is the dollar price of a euro (dollars per euro) times the euro price of one unit of the market basket (euros/goods unit) divided by the dollar price of the market basket (dollars per goods unit), and hence is dimensionless. This is the exchange rate (expressed as ...
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The cost of one United States dollar in Canadian dollars from 1990 The cost of one Euro in Canadian dollars from 1999 Since 76.7% of Canada's exports go to the U.S., and 53.3% of imports into Canada come from the U.S., [ 34 ] Canadians are interested in the value of their currency mainly against the U.S. dollar.
The government fixed the value of the Canadian dollar against the pound sterling ($4.43 buying and $4.47 selling) and also against the US dollar ($1.10 (US$0.9091) buying and $1.11 (US$0.9009) selling). The government also imposed strict currency controls on exchanges with foreign currencies, particularly the United States dollar.
The Canadian dollar is expected to recoup only a small fraction of its recent losses over the coming year as the threat of U.S. trade tariffs hampers the outlook for Canada's export-dependent ...
The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g. USDJPY, USDCAD, USDCHF). The exceptions are the British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g. GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURUSD).
The East Caribbean dollar is pegged to the United States dollar, and has been for over 35 years since 1976, [11] having previously been pegged to the pound sterling. [11] In 1965, the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority was established (coming after the British Caribbean Currency Board ), to distribute currency, but The Bahamas withdrew from ...