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The loonie was trading at 1.3695 Canadian dollars per U.S. dollar Friday in New York.—Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025 So the American dollar so far in 2025 falling in value by around 3 cents, or 5 percent, against the Canadian loonie due to the chaos around Trump’s global trade war is suddenly raising red flags as trends shift.—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025 If the loonie depreciates significantly, importers, exporters and traders will see serious implications.—Rahim Madhavji, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 Canadian travelers are taking their loonies elsewhere, tanking demand for US flights
The S&P 500 passenger airlines index .SPLRCALI is down about 15% this year and widely underperforming the broader S&P 500 index .SPX.—Rajesh Kumar Singh, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for loonie
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Etymology
from the image of a loon on the obverse of the coin
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