Speeches

• November 1, 2017

  Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Ontario

  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins and I are pleased to be back before you today to discuss the Bank’s Monetary Policy Report (MPR), which we published last week. When we were last here in April, we were celebrating the fact that we had upgraded our economic forecast following a […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Monetary policy, Monetary policy transmission, Potential output, Recent economic and financial developments, Sectoral balance sheet
• October 31, 2017

  Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario

  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins and I are happy to be before you today to discuss the Bank’s Monetary Policy Report (MPR), which we published last week. When we were last here in April, we were celebrating the fact that we had upgraded our economic forecast following a long […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• October 25, 2017

  Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz, Carolyn A. Wilkins Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision and the MPR.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• October 25, 2017

  Monetary Policy Report - Press Conference (Webcasts) - October 2017

  

  

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report - Press conference by Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins. (11:15 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• October 3, 2017

  Chambre de commerce de Sherbrooke - Speech (Webcasts)

  

  

  Firm creation and productivity in the Canadian economy - Deputy Governor Sylvain Leduc speaks at the Chambre de commerce de Sherbrooke. (12:45 (ET) approx.)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• October 3, 2017

  Seeking Gazelles in Polar Bear Country

  Remarks Sylvain Leduc Sherbrooke Chamber of Commerce Sherbrooke, Quebec

  Deputy Governor Sylvain Leduc discusses the decline in firm creation and productivity in the Canadian economy.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Firm dynamics, International topics, Market structure and pricing, Potential output, Productivity
• September 27, 2017

  St. John’s Board of Trade - Speech (Webcasts)

  

  

  The Meaning of “Data Dependence”: An Economic Progress Report - Stephen S. Poloz, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks before the St. John’s Board of Trade (12:00 (ET) approx.)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• September 27, 2017

  St. John’s Board of Trade - Press Conference (Webcasts)

  

  

  The Meaning of “Data Dependence”: An Economic Progress Report - Stephen S. Poloz, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks before the St. John’s Board of Trade (12:55 (ET) approx.)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• September 27, 2017

  The Meaning of “Data Dependence”: An Economic Progress Report

  Remarks Stephen S. Poloz St. John’s Board of Trade St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

  Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses how unknowns in Canada’s inflation outlook have made the Bank’s monetary policy particularly data dependent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Inflation and prices, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Recent economic and financial developments, Regional economic developments
• September 18, 2017

  Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) - Speech (Webcasts)

  

  

  How Canada’s International Trade Is Changing with the Times - Deputy Governor Timothy Lane speaks before the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) (14:15 (ET) approx.)

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