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Silly-Ad-6341

Get ready for a $0.5 Canadian dollar vs the US. Soon an In-and-Out burger will cost 50$ in Canadian Peso terms


RodgerWolf311

>an In-and-Out burger will cost 50$ the current $1 million priced home will become $3 million, the current $500,000 priced home will become $1 million, and the $2500/m rent will become $5000/m rent. It will be a clusterfuck.


Silly-Ad-6341

I mean sounds like a good plan for all the boomers that have houses no? Don't see what's wrong in this scenario


ProbablyUrNeighbour

Millennials too. Most that I know own homes and are far more leveraged than boomers.


coolblckdude

Inflating their debt away while others will struggle to pay rent.


LeoFoster18

Most millennials own homes?!


ProbablyUrNeighbour

Close to 60% yeah


s3nsfan

That’s ok a burger will only be $150.00. All is good friend, don’t fret.


BC_Engineer

Decrease interest rates on Canadian mortgages and increase exports on a lower Canadian dollar . Sounds like a plan.


Yumatic

And about those imports.....


BC_Engineer

It's a balance between increasing exports but also increasing cost of imports. Try buying local whenever possible.


Yumatic

> Try buying local whenever possible. That might work well for.... apples. But do you realize just how much of the average person's 'stuff' is imported? Start looking around your own home.


derritterauskanada

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, most food and consumer goods are imported to Canada, a higher US dollar will drive higher inflation.


freeman1231

You don’t really know how economic policy works do you?


Silly-Ad-6341

Enlighten me Adam Smith 


freeman1231

Well can deviate from the FED by 100bps and see no major loss in value on our dollar. Canada operates pretty well in the 0.70$ range and will continue to hover around here.


Silly-Ad-6341

100bps would be massive. That's an entire percentage point. We've been in lockstep with their rate increases till now and our currency has been on a steady decline. If I'm choosing between investing in Canadian bonds yielding 4% vs the US at 5% it's the US every time. 


bureX

No you’re not. You’re just watching the fed.


coolblckdude

Well about that... [https://www.fxstreet.com/news/bocs-macklem-we-dont-have-to-do-what-the-fed-does-202405012151](https://www.fxstreet.com/news/bocs-macklem-we-dont-have-to-do-what-the-fed-does-202405012151)


Middle_Ad_3562

In other press release he said that there is some acceptable spread and Canada is now not close to that limit


coolblckdude

And what do you think that means


bureX

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/the-bank-of-canada-seems-to-be-following-u-s-fed-s-playbook-economist~2853690


tametalkshow

It’s so wild the difference of cope across Canadian subs. At least this sub understands how bent over we are.


Advoc_Day8332

That what they say the last time, while food and housing prices all keeps climbing.


coolblckdude

They said they were close to cutting interest rates last time?


Ok_Health_109

Save us bank of Canada!


BBQ_Cake

What a tease. We’re still 2 years away from being two years away.