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• October 22, 2014

  Notice: Senate committee appearance cancelled

  Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will not appear on Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, as previously scheduled.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
• October 22, 2014

  Notice: Parliamentary Appearance Cancelled

  Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will not appear today before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, as previously scheduled.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
• October 22, 2014

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Ottawa, Ontario

  Opening statement of Press conference that was to follow the release of the Monetary Policy Report.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• October 22, 2014

  Notice: Press Conference Cancelled

  In light of this morning’s incident in downtown Ottawa, the Bank of Canada is cancelling its press conference on the October Monetary Policy Report. The Governor’s Opening Statement will be published on the Bank’s website at 11:15 AM today. We will provide more details as soon as they become available.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
• October 22, 2014

  Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• October 22, 2014

  Monetary Policy Report – October 2014

  

  Real GDP growth is projected to average around 2 1/2 per cent over the next year before slowing to around 2 per cent in 2016.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• October 21, 2014

  Operational Test of Standing Central Bank Swap Arrangements

  As part of an exercise to test the operational readiness of existing standing swap arrangements with other central banks, the Bank of Canada will conduct a small-value Canadian-dollar operation with the European Central Bank, drawing euros against Canadian dollars.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• October 17, 2014

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 17 October 2014

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• October 10, 2014

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 10 October 2014

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics

• Integrating Uncertainty and Monetary Policy-Making: A Practitioner’s Perspective

  Staff Discussion Paper 2014-6 Stephen S. Poloz

  This paper discusses how central banking is evolving in light of recent experience, with particular emphasis on the incorporation of uncertainty into policy decision-making.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Economic models, Financial stability, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Monetary policy communications, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): C, C5, C50, E, E3, E37, E5, E6, E61