Market Report: Impact of weaker Canadian dollar still unclear

Heading into the end of the first quarter of 2014, it's still unclear what impact a weaker Canadian dollar is having on the Whatcom County economy.

While some surveys and analyses by economists indicate less cross-border traffic from British Columbia, southbound traffic was actually up year over year. One month of data, particularly when winter weather is a factor, does not make a trend, however, so it'll be interesting to see what happens if the loonie remains in the 90-cent range compared to the U.S. dollar.