Andrew Busch Quotations

We're seeing volatility in the energy markets and commodity markets with gold being part of that that's hurting Canada.

In general if you see oil, gas natural gas and gold all selling off you know the Canadian dollar is probably not far behind.

Initially it provided a basis for people to take profits on their dollar shorts because what the Fed was saying was they may not know with certainty that they will pause (in raising rates) and ....therefore there's no reason to get your groove on and sell dollars.

The Fed is back to tightening, ... $200 billion in aid more than offsets any problems of Katrina on GDP.

The pieces are in place for the Canadian dollar to continue to strengthen and the U.S. dollar to continue to lose ground. I believe that we are in the start of a gradual decline of the U.S. dollar that will take us somewhere in the territory of parity ? we are only 10 per cent away from that now.

Until Greenspan speaks on Wednesday, dollar trading will be like a kindergarten's finger painting -- messy with not a lot thematic clarity,

A police officer walked around the building and it looked solid,

If you take the two together, you didn't miss by much. Initially, there was a little bit of dollar selling; then it was bought back.

(South Korea's announcement) comes on the heels of Russia saying the same thing. This has fueled speculation that Japan may do the same,

The dollar's weakness stems from many factors. The China news is one of them, ... It is great electioneering rhetoric, but the import quotas will not stem the tide of Chinese textile imports... nor any other imports from China.