Canada
Alberta
Bank Rate (2)
Prime Rate (3)
Canada$ per US$ US$ per Canada$
1976............................................…........................................
31 1
-
9.29
10.04
0.9860
1.0142
1977..............................................…...............….....................................
33 6
-
7.71
8.50
1.0634
0.9403
1978.........................................…...................................…...............
36 6
-
8.98
9.69
1.1407
0.8767
1979................................…...........................…................................................................
40 0
40 0
12 10
12.90
1.1714
0.8537
1980...........................................…...................................…....................
44 0
44 1
12.89
14.25
1.1692
0.8553
1981........................................…...............................…....................
49 5
49 8
17.93
19.29
1.1989
0.8341
1982........................................….................................…...................
54 9
55 4
13.96
15.81
1.2337
0.8105
1983........................................…....................................…................
58 1
58 3
9.55
11.17
1.2324
0.8114
1984........................................….....................................…..............
60 6
59 8
11.31
12.06
1.2951
0.7722
1985........................................…..................................…...................
63 0
61 6
9.65
10.58
1.3655
0.7323
1986........................................…...............................….....................
65 6
63 7
9.21
10.52
1.3895
0.7197
1987....................................................
68.5
66.3
8.40
9.52
1.3260
0.7542
1988...................................…...........................…..............................................................
71 2
68 1
9 69
10.83
1.2307
0.8125
1989........................................…...................................….....................
74 8
70 9
12.29
13.33
1.1840
0.8446
1990...............................….....................
78 4
75.0
13.05
14.06
1.1668
0.8571
1991....................................…...............
82 8
79.4
9.03
9.94
1.1457
0.8728
1992...............................….......................
84 0
80.6
6.78
7.48
1.2087
0.8273
1993.........................…............................
85 6
81.4
5.09
5.94
1.2901
0.7751
1994...................................…...................
85 7
82.6
5.77
6.88
1.3657
0.7322
1995..............................…...................
87.6
84.5
7.31
8.65
1.3724
0.7286
1996..................................…...................
88 9
86.4
4.53
6.06
1.3635
0.7334
1997...........................….........................
90 4
88.1
3.52
4.96
1.3846
0.7222
1998...............................…...........................….................................................................
91 3
89 2
5 10
6.60
1.4835
0.6741
1999.......................................…................
92 9
91.4
4.92
6.44
1.4857
0.6731
2000...............................…...........................
95 4
94.5
5.77
7.27
1.4854
0.6732
2001……...........................…...........................….........................……………………………..
97 8
96 7
4.31
5.81
1.5488
0.6456
2002………...........................…...........................….........................…………………………..
100 0
100 0
2.71
4.21
1.5703
0.6368
2003…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
102 8
104 4
3.19
4.69
1.4010
0.7138
2004…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
104 7
105 9
2.50
4.00
1.3013
0.7685
2005…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
107 0
108 1
2.92
4.42
1.2114
0.8255
2006…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
109 1
112 3
4.31
5.81
1.1343
0.8816
2007…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
111 5
117 9
4.60
6.10
1.0740
0.9311
2008…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
114 1
121 6
3.21
4.73
1.0671
0.9371
2009…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
114 4
121 5
0.65
2.40
1.1415
0.8760
2010…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
116 5
122 7
0.85
2.60
1.0301
0.9708
2011…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
119 9
125 7
1.25
3.00
0.9893
1.0108
2012…………...........................…...........................….........................………………………..
121 7
127 1
1.25
3.00
0.9994
1.0006
(2)
The Bank Rate is the minimum rate at which the Bank of Canada makes short-term advances to the chartered banks.
(3)
The Canada Prime Rate or the Chartered Bank Rate on Prime Business Loans is the rate charged to the most credit-worthy borrowers.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM Database Table Number 326-0021; and Bank of Canada Review
Source: Bank of Canada Review
Table 13: Selected Economic Indicators, Canada and Alberta, 1976-2012
All Items Consumer Price Index
(2002
=100) (1)
(1)
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the percentage change through time in the cost of purchasing a constant "basket" of goods and services representing
the purchases by a particular population group in a specified time period. The All Items Index includes these components: food; shelter; household operations and
furnishings; clothing and footwear; transportation; health and personal care; recreation; education and reading; and alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.
Canada - United States
Exchange Rate
Canada Interest Rates
0.5000
0.6000
0.7000
0.8000
0.9000
1.0000
1.1000
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
US$ per Canada$
Fig. 7 Canada - U.S. Exchange Rate (US$ per Canada$), 1990-2012
Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook, 2012
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