When the Bank of Canada repeatedly decreased the bank (interest) rate during the early part of this century (e.g. 2008), it was attempting to stimulate the Canadian economy by lowering the interest rates in the financial markets and lowering the cost of borrowing productive capital.

What impact would this have on the exchange rates with foreign currencies (the foreign exchange markets), all else equal?

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