Retail in Big Trouble . . . .

[ag-boy]

happy new year to all readers , was a good year after all
so now we go on in the new ,high gas , over spend at Christmas, money lending is cheap , pay it back and go again.
hear you saying! he most be retired he ! yes live on our hard earned saving farming
here in ab young people vote ndp so we have to live with that for the next 3 years ?
are we working on who we vote for next time ?
brad w of sask is doing fine and well liked! me be he run federal next time?
0-k all keep on working hard and pay off some debt be happy !!!!!!

[Hamloc]

Actually Retired if you plot alberta gas price against US average over the last year Alberta's price goes up much more at the end of 2016 than the US.

[SASKFARMER3]

The tax is causing It companies are adding their percentage now to make up for the shit show! Alberta is living the NDP dream! Good luck with that! Hopefully you can get rid of her but cities control the vote! And once they get control it's tough to kill th beast! Took sask 60 years but finally most are dead!

One more week then home to work!

[dmlfarmer]

Actually Retired if you plot alberta gas price against US average over the last year Alberta's price goes up much more at the end of 2016 than the US.

Is that in Canadian or US Dollars? I am sure you applied the exchange rate conversion and compared prices in the same currency before making your claim.

[stonepicker]

Is that in Canadian or US Dollars? I am sure you applied the exchange rate conversion and compared prices in the same currency before making your claim.

Why would you compare prices in the same currency? A u.s. gal. is bought with a u.s. dollar, a canadian gal. is bought with canadian dollar. If my price goes up 10%, that's what i pay more, 10%

[dmlfarmer]

Why would you compare prices in the same currency? A u.s. gal. is bought with a u.s. dollar, a canadian gal. is bought with canadian dollar. If my price goes up 10%, that's what i pay more, 10%

For the same reason why grain prices in Canada have not fallen the same percentage as US prices. When commodities are priced in US dollars or any global currency you have to convert to a common currency if you want to compare increase/decreases.

Another example, compare the price increase in a new JD tractor in Canada and in the US. Sure you can buy it in US dollars, but unless you have US income, you still have to convert CDN dollars to US if you want to purchase it in the states instead of Canada.

[Hamloc]

In US dollars per Us gallon from nov 26 2016 to January 2 2017. US average price went from 2.16$ to 2.38$. In Alberta same time period 3.18$ to 4.18$. I don't believe the change in the value of the Canadian dollar can account for the difference.

[ajl]

Bottom line is that the savings in energy costs last year helped maintain standards of living in the face of declining income around here due to the freakishly (I hope) wet season. This year doesn't look good on the cost side, and yes I am aware that the carbon tax is only one factor, but it is a factor in things going the wrong direction.

[sofa king]

its about time retail feels the pinch hope it moves to ag dealers as they have been ripping us off for years with 5 to 600 percent markup on parts