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Strong US dollar concerns Montana’s Hi-Line businesses

March 17, 2016 /

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Besides a potential downturn in the ag economy, the other concern is the imbalance we have with the Canadian dollar. The American dollar is so strong it’s really thwarted the ongoing flow of Canadian shoppers to Montana. This is a national issue, in Seattle, Detroit and Havre you’re seeing fewer and fewer Canadians coming to the US to purchase goods and services.

Paul Tuss has been director of the Bear Paw Development http://www.bearpaw.org/ in Havre since 2000. The economic development corporation covers two reservations and Blaine, Liberty, Hill, Chouteau and Phillips counties.

Kristen Inbody, [email protected]

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