{"id":438675,"date":"2010-03-17T12:27:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jeff-rubin-heres-why-the-canadian-dollar-will-be-worth-more-than-the-greenback-by-2011-2010-3"},"modified":"2010-03-17T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:27:14","slug":"jeff-rubin-heres-why-the-canadian-dollar-will-be-worth-more-than-the-greenback-by-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/438675","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Rubin: Here’s Why The Canadian Dollar Will Be Worth More Than The Greenback By 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jeff<\/p>\n

Former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin thinks oil is going to $100 a barrel<\/a> by next year and $225 by 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peak Oil is going to have many strange effects in addition to the decline of modern civilization.<\/p>\n

Among these, Rubin said on his blog<\/a>, expect triple-digit oil prices to depress the greenback and raise the Canadian dollar to a premium. In the long-run that’s a terrible situation for Canada:<\/p>\n

While triple-digit oil prices may lift millions of barrels of oil from Alberta tar sands, they are far less bullish for the country’s industrial heartland in Ontario and Quebec, where a soaring Canadian dollar will virtually bury the manufacturing sector. Nor are they bullish for the Maritimes, where they burn lots of imported oil from Venezuela to generate both electric power and home heating.<\/p>\n

But there’s a hidden benefit of peak oil for the USA. Having a petro-state on either side would be great for American exports.<\/p>\n

Join the conversation about this story »<\/a><\/p>\n

See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n