February 21, 2013
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February 21, 2013
Conference Summary: Financial Intermediation and Vulnerabilities
The Bank of Canada’s annual economic conference, held in October 2012, brought together experts from across Canada and around the world to discuss key issues concerning financial intermediation and vulnerabilities. The conference covered such topics as household finances and their relationship to financial stability, as well as bank regulation, securitization and shadow banking. -
February 12, 2013
Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Good morning. Tiff and I are pleased to be here with you today to discuss the January Monetary Policy Report, which the Bank recently published. While the global economic outlook is slightly weaker than the Bank had projected in October MPR, global tail risks have also diminished. The economic expansion in the United States is […] -
February 11, 2013
Financial Stability in One Country?
Deputy Governor Tim Lane discusses the cross-border implications of financial instability and financial reform. -
January 30, 2013
Research Update - January 2013
This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website. -
Financial Development and the Volatility of Income
This paper presents a general equilibrium model with endogenous collateral constraints to study the relationship between financial development and business cycle fluctuations in a cross-section of economies with different sizes of their financial sector. -
January 23, 2013
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report. -
January 23, 2013
Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent
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. -
January 23, 2013
Monetary Policy Report – January 2013
Following an estimated 1.9 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 2.0 per cent in 2013 and 2.7 per cent in 2014, and to reach full capacity in the second half of 2014, later than anticipated in the October Report. -
January 10, 2013
Regearing Our Economic Growth
Senior Deputy Governor Tiff Macklem discusses regearing the Canadian economy for sustained growth.