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The Bank of Canada Museum is reopening
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20 days agoOpening statement
Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
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The Bank of Canada Releases Its Annual Report for 2021
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April 13, 2022Bank of Canada increases policy interest rate by 50 basis points, begins quantitative tightening
April 13, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 1%, with the Bank Rate at 1¼% and the deposit rate at 1%. The Bank is also ending reinvestment and will begin quantitative tightening (QT), effective April 25. Maturing Government of Canada bonds on the Bank’s balance sheet will no longer be replaced and, as a result, the size of the balance sheet will decline over time.
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine is causing unimaginable human
Monetary Policy Report – April 2022
April 13, 2022Available as:
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Business Outlook Survey—First Quarter of 2022
April 4, 2022Data available as: CSV, JSON and XML
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April 4, 2022Data available as: CSV, JSON and XML
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March 31, 2022Household differences and why they matter
March 25, 2022Speech summary
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy Conference
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March 16, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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March 3, 2022Opening statement (delivered virtually)
House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
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Getting inflation back to target
March 3, 2022Bank of Canada increases policy interest rate
March 2, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to ½ %, with the Bank Rate at ¾ % and the deposit rate at ½ %. The Bank is continuing its reinvestment phase, keeping its overall holdings of Government of Canada bonds on its balance sheet roughly constant until such time as it becomes appropriate to allow the size of its balance sheet to decline.
The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a major new source of uncertainty. Prices for oil
Bank of Canada announces 2021-2022 scholarship recipients
February 22, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Read More »Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri to Retire from the Bank of Canada
February 18, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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February 16, 2022Producing growth with less inflation
February 9, 2022Université de Sherbrooke crowned National Champion of The Governor’s Challenge
February 7, 2022OTTAWA, ONTARIO — The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce that Université de Sherbrooke has won the seventh annual Governor’s Challenge, a national student competition in which teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council. The winners were announced following the final round on Saturday, February 5.
Five teams competed in the final round, each one giving a virtual presentation on the economic outlook for Canada and making a monetary policy recommendation to a panel of senior central bank officials.
The
Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
February 2, 2022Opening statement
Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
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A Canadian interest rate benchmark regime for the future
February 2, 2022Remarks (delivered virtually)
International Swaps and Derivatives Association
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Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement
January 26, 2022Opening statement
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Good morning. I’m pleased to be here with you to discuss today’s policy announcement and the Bank of Canada’s Monetary Policy Report (MPR). I am especially pleased to have Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers here for her first press conference. She has joined the Governing Council at an important time.
Our message today is threefold.
First, the emergency monetary measures needed to
Bank of Canada maintains policy rate, removes exceptional forward guidance
January 26, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ %, with the Bank Rate at ½ % and the deposit rate at ¼ %. With overall economic slack now absorbed, the Bank has removed its exceptional forward guidance on its policy interest rate. The Bank is continuing its reinvestment phase, keeping its overall holdings of Government of Canada bonds roughly constant.
The global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is strong but
Monetary Policy Report – January 2022
January 26, 2022Available as:
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Business Outlook Survey―Fourth Quarter of 2021
January 17, 2022Data available as: CSV, JSON and XML
Read More »Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Fourth Quarter of 2021
January 17, 2022Data available as: CSV, JSON and XML
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