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• January 20, 2017

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 20 January 2017

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• January 18, 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 Research Topic(s): Fiscal policy, Inflation and prices, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Potential output, Recent economic and financial developments
• January 18, 2017

  Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• Global Real Activity for Canadian Exports: GRACE

  Staff Discussion Paper 2017-2 André Binette, Tony Chernis, Daniel de Munnik

  Canadian exports have often disappointed since the Great Recession. The apparent disconnect between exports and the Bank of Canada’s current measure of foreign demand has created an impetus to search for an alternative.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Econometric and statistical methods, Exchange rates JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F4, F43
• January 18, 2017

  Monetary Policy Report – January 2017

  

  The Canadian economy is expected to expand by 2.1 per cent this year and in 2018.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report

• An Improved Equation for Predicting Canadian Non-Commodity Exports

  Staff Discussion Paper 2017-1 Patrick Alexander, Jean-Philippe Cayen, Alex Proulx

  We estimate two new equations for Canadian non-commodity exports (NCX) that incorporate three important changes relative to the current equation used at the Bank of Canada.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Exchange rates, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F17
• January 13, 2017

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 13 January 2017

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• January 9, 2017

  Business Outlook Survey - Winter 2016-17

  The results of the winter Business Outlook Survey indicate that business prospects have improved following two years of overall modest activity. The responses reflect building domestic demand, a supportive export outlook and an expected recovery in energy-related activity.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• January 9, 2017

  Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2016

  Survey results suggest that overall business-lending conditions were essentially unchanged during the fourth quarter of 2016.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• January 6, 2017

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 6 January 2017

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