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Remarks Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority Available as: PDF Introduction My theme today is international trade, which is the lifeblood of the Canadian economy. Throughout our history, we have...

Daily data for the Bank’s new Canadian effective exchange rate (CEER) index is now available on the Bank of Canada’s website. Effective exchange rates such as CEER incorporate, into a single index, movements a country’s bilateral exchange rates with its important trading partners. Such indexes help capture how an economy’s exchange rate affects its competitiveness in global trade...

Remarks Available as: PDF Good morning everyone, et bonjour à tous. Bienvenue à la Banque du Canada. Je m’appelle Larry Schembri. Je suis un sous-gouverneur ici à la Banque. It is a great pleasure for me to open this workshop on issues central to the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada is inviting Canadian universities to nominate exceptional academics for its 2018 Fellowship and Governor’s awards. Presented annually, these awards distinguish and support the work of academics...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada is raising its target for the overnight rate to 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. Recent economic data have been stronger than...

The Bank of Canada is now accepting applications for its inaugural Master’s Scholarship Award for Women in Economics and Finance. Designed to attract and advance women in core areas of the Bank where they are under-represented, the scholarship will award $10,000 to eligible women pursuing a master’s degree in economics or finance at a Canadian university. The award will be combined with an...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada today published its 2018 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and the release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report. It also reconfirmed the scheduled announcement dates for the...

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...