Publications

• November 23, 2020

  Monitoring payment deferrals during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Geneviève Vallée

  Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s financial institutions have allowed borrowers to defer payments on a range of loans. In a series of charts, we investigate what payment deferrals tell us about the financial health of borrowers and the related risks to financial stability.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Hub articles Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Credit and credit aggregates
• November 20, 2020

  Financial System Survey highlights—November 2020

  This article presents the key results from the autumn 2020 Bank of Canada Financial System Survey, conducted from September 8 to September 25, 2020. The survey included a special section on the impact of and the responses to COVID-19.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Survey
• November 9, 2020

  Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2020

  Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2020 - For the period ended September 30, 2020

  Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
• October 28, 2020

  Monetary Policy Report – October 2020

  

  The Bank expects Canada’s economy to grow by almost 4 percent on average in 2021 and 2022, following a decline of about 5 ½ percent in 2020.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• October 19, 2020

  Business Outlook Survey—Autumn 2020

  With many containment measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic being lifted, results from the autumn Business Outlook Survey suggest that business sentiment has improved but remains weak across all regions. Businesses expect the pace of the recovery in their sales to slow.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• October 19, 2020

  Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Third Quarter of 2020

  The Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations (CSCE) collects respondents’ views on inflation, the labour market and household finances. The survey for the third quarter of 2020 was conducted from August 17 to September 1, 2020. Reported COVID‑19 cases have risen in some provinces since the survey was conducted. The survey included questions, introduced in the previous quarter, on the impacts of COVID‑19 and the measures to contain its spread, along with new questions on how the pandemic is affecting households’ savings.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations
• October 7, 2020

  The payoffs of higher education

  

  Youngmin Park, Gabriela Galassi, Natalia Kyui

  More education typically leads to higher pay, but as more people become educated, wages can decrease. Your education choices significantly affect your future earning potential.

  Content Type(s): Publications, The Economy, Plain and Simple Topic(s): Labour markets, Potential output, Productivity
• August 28, 2020

  Quarterly Financial Report - Second Quarter 2020

  Quarterly Financial Report - Second Quarter 2020 - For the period ended June 30, 2020

  Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
• August 25, 2020

  Our COVID-19 response: Large-scale asset purchases

  Paul Beaudry

  The Bank of Canada has taken many actions to support Canadians since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. These include large-scale asset purchases—buying a substantial amount of government bonds and other financial assets. Our purchases serve two purposes. They help key financial markets work properly, and they can help increase spending in the economy. This leads to more employment and stronger economic growth.

  Content Type(s): Publications, The Economy, Plain and Simple Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Debt management, Financial markets, Financial stability, Inflation and prices, Interest rates, Market structure and pricing, Monetary policy, Monetary policy transmission
• July 15, 2020

  Monetary Policy Report – July 2020

  

  The Bank expects a sharp rebound in economic activity in the reopening phase of the recovery, followed by a more prolonged recuperation phase.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report