We head into a brand new year with downed North American markets, cheaper gas and a low Canadian dollar when looking at current data compared to a year ago.
Heading into the final day of the year, Toronto’s TSX is down 14% compared to the level it was at beginning 2018.
New York’s Dow Jones has fallen 1%.
The loonie has fallen more than 6 cents and is trading this morning at just 73.4 cents US.
Gas prices here in the Sault have fallen more than 21 cents—–at the beginning of the year, prices at the pump came in at $1.23.9 a litre for regular unleaded—-the going rate currently is $1.02.