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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada today presented the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Integrated Counterfeit Enforcement Team (ICET), C Division (Quebec), with the 2017 Law Enforcement Award of Excellence for Counterfeit...

Opening Statement Available as: PDF Good morning. Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins and I are pleased to be here to answer your questions about today’s interest rate announcement and our Monetary Policy Report (MPR). Today, we raised our key policy rate by 25 basis...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada is raising its target for the overnight rate to 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. Recent data have bolstered the Bank’s confidence in...

Available as: PDF Growth in the Canadian economy is projected to reach 2.8 per cent this year before slowing to 2.0 per cent next year and 1.6 per cent in 2019.

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Remarks CFA Society Calgary Available as: PDF Introduction Good afternoon. Thank you for that kind introduction. As participants in today’s marketplace, you are likely experiencing how quickly technology...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF Governor Stephen S. Poloz today welcomed special guests from the government, business and the tourism sectors for a preview of the Bank of Canada Museum, which is opening soon. Located at the corner of Bank and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF With the adjustment to lower oil prices largely behind us, there are encouraging signs that growth is broadening across regions and sectors, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins told the Associates of the Asper...

Remarks The Associates of the Asper School of Business Available as: PDF Introduction I am very pleased to join you here in Winnipeg. Thank you to the Associates of the Asper School of Business for the...