Article by Pete Migz

If the currency of a nation is like its stock and represents the wellbeing of its economic climate, the Canadian dollar also called the Loonie seems to be the greatest instance as it raced ahead of its southern counterpart's currency. The Loonie's rise to past parity, with the US dollar is getting touted as a representation of the Canadian economy's financial wellbeing vis-à-vis the G7 economies. The reason for the surge is the Canadian central banks proposed to raise interest rates in the interest rate critique in June.

Canada's economic climate appears to have turned about more quickly due to a more robust and sound banking program backing the economic climate. The Planet Economic Forum has rated the Canada's banking technique as the world's soundest for two straight years, some thing that has helped Canada climate the financial storm far more comfortably. International Monetary Fund also stated that the Canadian economic climate is probably to develop the fastest among G7 countries in 2010 and 2011 Firm housing costs and an boost in demand for commodities like oil and copper have also helped the Canadian economy.

In contrast to Canada's probably hood of raising interest rates in the coming quarter, UK's Bank of England, the US Fed, the ECB and the Japanese central bank are unlikely to raise interest rates in a jiffy. The diverse strategic approaches getting followed by the Canadian central bank on the 1 hand and the other created country central banks indicate the states of their respective economies. It is broadly expected that when these economies start off emerging from recession, inflation could set in due to the excess liquidity pumped into these economies arising out of the bailout packages and the prolonged reduced interest rate regimes. To tackle this inflation, the central banks would want to tighten monetary policy and will raise interest rates, apart from undertaking other measures to minimize liquidity in their economies. With Canada currently being 1 of the 1st created nations to announce its intention of raising interest rates in the subsequent quarter assessment, it is very clear that the Canadian economic climate is positioned to enter a growth phase earlier than the rest, who are still unsure about their economic footing.

As the US and the Canadian economies are closely interlinked, there is a limit to the quantum of interest rate differential that Canada can have with the US. 1.25% to 1.five% is the maximum degree Canada may be able to raise interest prices beyond the US Fed rates as anything higher might lead to a considerably stronger Loonie, which could become harmful for exports to the US and other nations as effectively. The interest rate differential could also dampen the health of the Canadian banks, whose lending prices would grow to be a lot increased than that of US banks and they could shed organization to US banks and that of other nations.

Therefore, even though the Loonie may go above parity with the US dollar or may possibly be a tad reduce than parity at other occasions, its strength seems to be right here to keep for some time, particularly till some of the other G7 economies perk up.

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