Lots of new cars were sold in August, and they needed lots o gasoline, extrapolating from the Canadian retail sales report. USD/CAD is consolidating above 1.05 after very choppy trade the last several days. We dumped down to 1.0375 yesterday afternoon only to rally overnight as risk aversion edged up after US equities slid late in the day.1.0530 is intraday resistance with 1.0583 the top from early Wednesday morning. Oil is easing this morning, down to $80.40 from a spike high at $82 yesterday afternoon.