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Weakening loonie is growing puny

Add the Canadian dollar to the list of cratering currencies in 2014, as investors became increasingly concerned by Canada's lacklustre growth

Add the Canadian dollar to the list of cratering currencies in 2014.

The currency, known as the loonie, has slumped 3.9%, making it one of the worst-performing currencies against the US dollar this year and putting it on par with drops seen in troubled emerging-market currencies such as the Turkish lira and the Ukrainian hryvnia.

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