Press

• December 10, 2014

  Financial System Review - Press Conference (Video) - December 2014

  

  Press conference by Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins (11:15 (ET) approx.)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• December 10, 2014

  Release of the Financial System Review

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Ottawa, Ontario

  Press conference following the release of the Financial System Review.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• December 10, 2014

  Financial System Review - Press Conference (Audio) - December 2014

  

  Press conference by Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins (11:15 (ET) approx.)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• December 10, 2014

  Bank of Canada says household imbalances remain most important risk to financial stability

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Risks to Canada’s financial system have not increased in the past six months, but high consumer debt loads and imbalances in the housing market remain a concern, the Bank of Canada said today in itsbiannual Financial System Review (FSR). “We judge that the probability of an adverse shock has eased since our June FSR,” said […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• December 5, 2014

  Bank of Canada invites Canadians to propose design ideas for a bank note marking Canada’s 150th anniversary

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is inviting Canadians to propose ideas for the design of a new bank note to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Bank notes
• December 3, 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
• November 27, 2014

  Public Consultation: Policy guidance on the Bank of Canada’s risk-management standards for designated financial market infrastructures

  The Bank of Canada today published draft policy guidance related to its risk-management standards for designated Canadian financial market infrastructures (FMIs).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• November 20, 2014

  Government of Canada reopens its ultra-long bond

  Today, the Government of Canada announced that it successfully issued $1 billion in 50-year bonds through the syndication process.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• November 19, 2014

  Government of Canada considering issuing more ultra-long bonds

  The Government of Canada announced today that it is considering issuing more ultra-long bonds, subject to favourable market conditions.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• November 18, 2014

  Inflation Targeting in the Post-Crisis Era

  Remarks Agathe Côté Calgary CFA Society Calgary, Alberta

  Deputy Governor Agathe Côté discusses the inflation-targeting framework and issues the Bank is researching in the run-up to the renewal of the framework in 2016.

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