Canadian dollar reverses from 10-day high as U.S.-China trade uncertainty caps oil’s gains GlobeInvestor
The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, pulling back from an earlier 10-day high as investors weighed a potential setback to hopes of progress in trade talks between the United States and China.
The decline for the loonie came as data from Statistics Canada showed the ratio of Canadian household debt to income widened to a record 174.0 per cent in the fourth quarter from a downwardly revised 173.6 per cent in the third quarter. Canada’s once-hot housing market has softened since the start of last year, weighed by tighter mortgage rules and five interest rate hikes from the Bank of Canada since July 2017.
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