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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1266 words (5.06 pages) in the essay titled Canadian Dollar Fluctuations The Canadian dollar has declined by over thirty percent versus the United States dollar,since it was at its highest in 1970. The reason for this is mainly the following factors: the Quebec factor, the inflation factor, the productivity factor, the growth in government and taxes factor, and the commodity price factor. These all come together to bring us to what the Canadian dollar is worth compared to the U.S. dollar today. The Quebec factor is partly responsible for the decline. “It is no coincidence that the Canadian dollar began its descent to 69 cents in November 1976.”¹ That was the month in which the Parti Quebecois shocked political observers by winning the Quebec provincial election. It was the first, and still only, party explicitly committed to separation to assume the reins of power in Quebec City. “While it is generally agreed that there is a risk premium built into the Canadian dollar because of the threat of separation, no one believes that threat is responsible for the whole, or even the bulk, of the currency s decline.”² The Canadian dollar is much lower because of separation because of what happened during the 1980 Quebec referendum. At the beginning of the campaign, in March 1980, polls showed the Yes side leading. In response, the Canadian dollar very quickly dropped from 87 cents to 83 cents. But in May, when the No side won a resounding 60-40 per cent victory over the separatists, the Canadian dollar leaped back up. It was... |
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Keywords: canadian dollar, quebec referendum, parti quebecois, quebec city, risk premium, separation, coincidence, inflation factor, political observers, decline, currency, price factor, united states dollar, commodity price, provincial election, television networks, separatists, reins, fluctuations