I would sure like to know that too Freedom. It makes no sense to me.

The only thing I can imagine is that the Fed is driving the dollar up with intervention in the market place.

That makes sense to me as a strategy, as the US is a big net importer, and a strong dollar is helpful to them. For us, our manufacturing sector relies on a lower CDN dollar because we have a significant trade surplus.

Of course, I am not an economist. If I was, I would be a do-nothing, navel gazing professor. Or a do-nothing, navel-gazing prime minister. ;)

Cheers,

Bluenoser