Foreign Exchange Outlook | |||||||||||||
Currency | Exchange rate | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||||
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4* | Q1F | Q2F | Q3F | Q4F | Q1F | Q2F | Q3F | Q4F | ||
Exchange rate to U.S. dollar | |||||||||||||
Euro | USD per EUR | 1.12 | 1.14 | 1.09 | 1.11 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.11 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.14 | 1.15 |
UK pound | USD per GBP | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.23 | 1.33 | 1.31 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.35 |
Japanese yen | JPY per USD | 111 | 108 | 108 | 110 | 108 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 105 | 105 | 104 |
Chinese renminbi | CNY per USD | 6.71 | 6.87 | 7.15 | 6.99 | 6.95 | 6.90 | 6.85 | 6.80 | 6.80 | 6.80 | 6.80 | 6.80 |
Exchange rate to Canadian dollar | |||||||||||||
U.S. dollar | USD per CAD | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.77 |
Euro | CAD per EUR | 1.50 | 1.49 | 1.44 | 1.47 | 1.45 | 1.46 | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.47 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.50 |
UK pound | CAD per GBP | 1.74 | 1.66 | 1.63 | 1.76 | 1.74 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 1.73 | 1.73 | 1.73 | 1.74 | 1.76 |
Japanese yen | JPY per CAD | 82.8 | 82.4 | 81.6 | 83.3 | 81.2 | 79.9 | 80.1 | 80.3 | 80.5 | 80.8 | 80.4 | 80.2 |
Chinese renminbi | CNY per CAD | 5.03 | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.31 | 5.23 | 5.15 | 5.15 | 5.15 | 5.19 | 5.23 | 5.23 | 5.23 |
F: Forecast by TD Economics as at
December 2019. All forecasts are end-of-period. Source: Bloomberg, Bank of Canada, Federal Reserve, TD Economics. * Spot rates as at December 16, 2019. |