Remarks

• June 16, 2010

  Fortune Favours the Bold

  Remarks Mark Carney Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

  From the end of 2008 to the middle of last year, Canada experienced a short, sharp recession. With the exception of government spending, all major components of aggregate demand declined, and industrial production dropped 15 per cent. Canadian exporters suffered particularly, owing to the sharp fall in the components of U.S. economic activity that matter most for Canada.

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• June 10, 2010

  The G-20’s Core Agenda to Reduce Systemic Risk

  Remarks Mark Carney International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Montréal, Quebec

  Given this failure, the G-20’s agenda to reshape the global financial system is comprehensive and radical. The coming weeks and months will be pivotal to its success. The time for debate and discussion is drawing to a close. Policymakers now need to decide and to implement.

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• 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?

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• March 29, 2010

  Beyond Recovery: Sustaining Economic Growth

  Remarks Paul Jenkins Economic Club of Canada Toronto, Ontario

  John Maynard Keynes said the objective of "analysis is … to provide ourselves with an organized and orderly method of thinking out particular problems .… This is the nature of economic thinking."

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• March 24, 2010

  The Virtue of Productivity in a Wicked World

  Remarks Mark Carney Ottawa Economics Association Ottawa, Ontario

  It is either brave or foolhardy of the Ottawa Economics Association to organize another conference around Canada's perennial challenges of demographics, productivity, and potential growth.

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• March 11, 2010

  Principles for Interesting Times

  Remarks Mark Carney Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario

  I would like to thank students from universities across Canada for joining me on this special day, the 75th anniversary of the Bank of Canada

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• February 17, 2010

  Bank of Canada Liquidity Facilities: Past, Present, and Future

  Remarks David Longworth C.D. Howe Institute Toronto, Ontario

  Thank you for inviting me here today. It is a pleasure to be with you. This afternoon, I would like to talk about liquidity and the role of the Bank of Canada.

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• February 4, 2010

  The Coming Thaw

  Remarks Mark Carney Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Winnipeg, Manitoba

  It is a pleasure to be here in Winnipeg. Today, I intend to elaborate on elements of the Bank of Canada's economic outlook.

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• January 11, 2010

  Canada's Housing Sector in Recession and Recovery: Beyond Bricks and Mortar

  Remarks David Wolf Edmonton CFA Society Edmonton, Alberta

  The beginning of a new year is a good time for reflection – a chance to look back over the past 12 months and consider what may lie ahead. Certainly, 2009 saw remarkable economic and financial upheaval around the world, which plunged Canada into a severe recession.

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