{"id":84367,"date":"2019-12-31T12:37:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T17:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/?p=84367"},"modified":"2019-12-31T12:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T17:39:53","slug":"101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low\/","title":{"rendered":"USD\/CAD Tumbles to 14-Month Low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USD\/CAD is in free fall on New Year\u2019s Eve. Currently, the pair is trading at 1.2957, down 0.87% as of 3:40 PM UTC. The price has just crashed to the lowest level since October 2018.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recently, US President Donald Trump said that he would sign the phase one trade deal with China on January 15 at the White House. The US dollar has weakened as investors have shifted their focus to riskier assets, including the Loonie.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Besides this, the USD is under pressure as the US consumer confidence index unexpectedly declined in December. The Conference Board (CB) said that the indicator came in at 126.5, down from 126.8 in November. Economists surveyed by Reuters anticipated an increase to 128.2 for December.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lynn Franco, CB\u2019s director of Economic Indicators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/12\/31\/us-consumer-confidence-december-2019.html\">explained<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWhile consumers\u2019 assessment of current conditions improved, their expectations declined, driven primarily by a softening in their short-term outlook regarding jobs and financial prospects. While the economy hasn\u2019t shown signs of further weakening, there is little to suggest that growth, and in particular consumer spending, will gain momentum in early 2020.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The proportion of US consumers thinking that business conditions are \u201cgood\u201d maintained almost unchanged at 38.7%, while those judging that conditions were \u201cbad\u201d fell to 11.1% from 13.6%.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The sentiment on labor market conditions was mixed. The percent of those claiming jobs were \u201cplentiful\u201d and those saying they were \u201chard to get\u201d rose to 47% and 13.1%, respectively.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to business conditions in general, consumers maintained a positive stance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Loonie is supported by increasing oil prices, with both Brent and WTI crude brands trading close to three-month highs. The oil prices aim higher amid US-China trade optimism, production cuts from OPEC and its allies, and tensions in the Middle East. On Sunday, the US launched several airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, causing an Iraqi oil field to suspend temporarily.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Giovanni Staunovo, oil analyst at UBS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2019\/12\/31\/business\/31reuters-global-oil.html\">commented<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cConsidering that Iraq is the second largest OPEC producer with production around 4.6 million barrels per day, market participants may add a risk premium to oil tension if tensions last for longer.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6><em>Currencylive.com<\/em><em> is a news site only and not a currency trading platform.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Currencylive.com is a site operated by TransferWise Inc. (&#8220;We&#8221;, &#8220;Us&#8221;), a Delaware Corporation. 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The price has just crashed to the lowest level since October 2018.\u00a0 Recently, US President Donald Trump said that he would sign the phase one trade deal with China on January 15 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946598,"featured_media":82272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1694,1381],"tags":[1680,1398],"class_list":["post-84367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cad","category-usd","tag-cad","tag-usd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USD\/CAD Tumbles to 14-Month Low - Currency Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ileana Ionescu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ileana Ionescu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3d5cb0a6a22d357fc0b9ad562f35e75b\"},\"headline\":\"USD\\\/CAD Tumbles to 14-Month Low\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-31T17:37:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-31T17:39:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":592,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/USD-CAD-Loonie-Consolidation-Phase-Following-2-Days-Gains.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cad\",\"usd\"],\"articleSection\":[\"CAD\",\"USD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/101926-usd-cad-tumbles-to-14-month-low\\\/\",\"name\":\"USD\\\/CAD Tumbles to 14-Month Low - 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