Press Releases

• July 14, 2021

  Bank of Canada maintains policy rate and forward guidance, adjusts quantitative easing program

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• July 12, 2021

  Carolyn Rogers appointed as Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada today announced that Carolyn Rogers has been appointed Senior Deputy Governor for a term of seven years beginning December 15, 2021.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• June 9, 2021

  Bank of Canada will hold current level of policy rate until inflation objective is sustainably achieved, continues quantitative easing

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 27, 2021

  Bank of Canada becomes inaugural member of new, international Central Bank Network for Indigenous Inclusion

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Joint statement from the Bank of Canada, Te Pūtea Matua (Reserve Bank of New Zealand) and the Reserve Bank of Australia.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 21, 2021

  Bank of Canada statement on Monetary Policy Report embargo breach

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada expects all media organizations to respect the embargo conditions for its key publications.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 21, 2021

  Bank of Canada will hold current level of policy rate until inflation objective is sustainably achieved, adjusts quantitative easing program

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 31, 2021

  Bank of Canada releases results from consultations on inflation and monetary policy

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Over the past two years, we spoke with thousands of Canadians about their views on the economy, inflation and what the Bank does. Here’s what they told us.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 10, 2021

  Bank of Canada will hold current level of policy rate until inflation objective is sustainably achieved, continues quantitative easing

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent. The Bank is maintaining its extraordinary forward guidance, reinforced and supplemented by its quantitative easing (QE) program, which continues at its current pace of at least $4 billion per week.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• February 17, 2021

  Bank of Canada announces 2020-21 scholarship recipients

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of its scholarship awards for students with disabilities, Indigenous students and students who identify as a woman or as a member of a visible minority or racialized group, or person of colour.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Scholarship awards
• February 16, 2021

  University of Alberta crowned National Champion of The Governor’s Challenge

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The University of Alberta has won the Bank of Canada’s sixth annual Governor’s Challenge, a national student competition in which teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): The Governor's Challenge