Press

• May 26, 2010

  Senate Committee on National Finance

  Opening statement Pierre Duguay Senate Committee on National Finance Ottawa, Ontario

  At year-end 2009, there were 1.8 billion bank notes in circulation, with a total value of $55.5 billion – approximately $1,630 per Canadian. The Bank of Canada is not responsible for coins. Decisions on coinage rest with the federal government, in particular, the Department of Finance, and with the Royal Canadian Mint.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• May 17, 2010

  Bank of Canada and U.S. Federal Reserve Publish Text of Swap Arrangement

  Further to the 9 May 2010 announcement that the Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve have agreed to the re-establishment of the US$30 billion swap facility (reciprocal currency arrangement), the Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve today published the text of that swap arrangement.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• May 14, 2010

  17th Annual Meetings of Gouverneurs des banques centrales des pays francophones

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  As part of events related to its 75th anniversary, the Bank of Canada hosted the 17th annual meetings of Gouverneurs des banques centrales des pays francophones in Montréal from 12 to 14 May 2010.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• May 9, 2010

  Bank of Canada Announces Swap Facility with U.S. Federal Reserve as part of Coordinated Central Bank Actions

  In response to the re-emergence of strains in U.S. dollar short-term funding markets in Europe, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are announcing the re-establishment of temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap facilities.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• May 7, 2010

  The New Bank of Canada Commodity Price Index (BCPI)

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced the introduction of a new Bank of Canada commodity price index (BCPI).

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• May 6, 2010

  Is There a Commodity Curse? Lessons from the Past

  Remarks John Murray University of Alberta Institute for Public Economics and C.D. Howe Institute Edmonton, Alberta

  As the title of the conference suggests, we have seen many boom-and-bust cycles in the commodity sector. This raises one obvious and central question: How can we avoid them in the future?

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks