Singapore dollar surpasses Canada dollar for first time since 1995

Justin Trudeau, we’re coming for you. The Singapore dollar was able to reach parity and even surpassed the Canadian Dollar in recent days — a first since March 1995. 

Bloomberg reports that the Singdollar first reached parity with the Canadian dollar on Jan 14, maintaining minor fluctuations before hitting power strides last week when a local dollar was equivalent to C$1.0148 on Jan 19. The day after that, the Singdollar fell but still remained stronger with S$1 being equivalent to C$1.0087. 

Since then, the Canadian dollar grew stronger. As of writing, C$1 is trading at S$1.0131. Bloomberg says that Canada’s economy and currency have been majorly affected by the global commodities plunge. 




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