Economists of the foreign exchange are also able to observe internal behavior and the pattern of the US economy indirectly. The central banks of Central and South America also held the Canadian dollar, by keeping an eye over the behavior of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar. The Canadian dollar has also played a very important role in the economy of America which is similar to the role of the Australian dollar in the region of the Asia – Pacific the Canadian dollar also played a very vital part in the economies and finance system of French, British and Dutch Caribbean states from the 1950s. There are many central banks and commercial banks which keep the Canadian dollar as of reserve currency – the Canadian dollar is also known as a benchmark currency. In central banks, the Canadian dollar is very popular due to the relative economic soundness of Canada, stability of the country’s legal and political system, and strong sovereign position of the Canadian government.
After the US dollar, Euro, Yen, and Sterling, the Canadian dollar is known as the fifth reserve currency which is held around the world. As many of deposits are for natural resources, the Canadian dollar is also known as the “commodity currency”, especially for oil mines which are being mined and exported from Canada mostly to the South with its neighbour.Īs the name suggests, the Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada and the abbreviation which is used to denote the Canadian dollar is the $ sign, sometimes Can $ or C $ to differentiate it from other currencies of dollar denominations – the Canadian dollar has 100 cents within it.Īs we mentioned before, there is an image of the loon on the 1 dollar coin, and it is also known as the “loonie” mostly by the foreign exchange traders or the analysts, or in French, it is referred to as ‘Huard’.
There are lots of historical changes which have occurred in the history of the US dollar and the Canadian dollar – the rate of 1 USD to CAD dollar is continuously increased or decreased and is dependent on market conditions, therefore, we also list recent historical changes in the USD to CAD currency pair.Īnother name by which the Canadian dollar is sometimes referred to is “the loonie”, and the reason for this is because the picture on the Canadian dollar depicts a loon on the $1 Canadian coin. One of the popular currency pairs is the US dollar vs CAD dollar because this pair has a large amount of trading activity at the cross-border between Canada and the United States.
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