Canadian Dollar just passed USD...

[SidDithers]

at FXstreet.com

1USD = 0.9999 CAD

It's been bouncing around all morning, but just crossed the par threshold for the first time.

Sid

[blitzen]

1. I guess I won't be flying to Calgary and hiring a guide to flyfish the Bow

River anytime soon. Damn, I like that river...

[SidDithers]

2. Back to 1.0011 now...

but it's been basically at par all morning.

Sid

[soothsayer]

3. Good thing I hung onto those $800 canadian dollars from a casino win

several years back (when they were worth about 1/2 that in amerikun). It's like winning all over again!

[cascadiance]

4. I used to buy a lot of DVDS from Canadian sites when the rate was 2/3rds of a U.S. Dollar!

It was a way to get cheaper DVDS in those days...

My times have changed!...

[TornadoTN]

5. Goodbye Canadain currency jokes

Hello America is a joke, jokes.

[Junkdrawer]

6. I congratulated my Canadian friend earlier....I told him I expected today...

would be the day.

Looks like I was right.

[Blackhatjack]

7. that is going to slow trips across the border to take advantage of the exchange rate...

[Canuckistanian]

8. I just heard some "expert" say it wouldn't happen

At least not so soon. And he said "it wouldn't be a big deal anyway".

Well, maybe not to financial wonks, but to the rest of us, it's VERY symbolic...

[cascadiance]

9. And its symbolic that it happened right after we lowered the prime interest rate yesterday!

That rate needs to be stabilized or raised soon, or the dollar is going into the toilet!

They say, well, we can't do it or the housing market will collapse!

NO THAT'S NOT WHY! It is because Americans need more SPENDING MONEY not lower interest rates to buy houses! STOP THE MILKING OF OUR TREASURY BY THE RICH! Stop the tax giveaways to them and reinstate the older marginal tax rates before Reagan screwed with them! Then the dollar will get "healthy" again!

[SidDithers]

10. 1 USD = 0.9993 CAD at 2:52 pm

Wonder what the close will be.

Sid

[bdamomma]

11. our economy is slipping just like us.