July 19, 2010
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July 15, 2010
Annual Report 2009
A year of financial market strains and economic disruption in 2009 gave way to initial signs of progress in 2010, the year the Bank of Canada celebrates its 75th anniversary. The lessons of the past year vividly illustrate what the Bank has demonstrated repeatedly through seven and a half decades: the value of well-researched policy frameworks and decisive action.
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July 12, 2010
Business Outlook Survey - Summer 2010
For the first time in two years, firms, on balance, reported an improvement in their past sales activity. While the balances of opinion on future sales growth and investment are lower than in recent surveys, and firms are concerned about global uncertainties, overall, they are positive about the outlook for business activity over the next 12 months. -
June 30, 2010
Results of the 30 June 2010 Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
The results of today's term repo for balance sheet management purposes operation. -
June 29, 2010
Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a Term Repo for Balance Sheet Management Purposes operation. -
June 22, 2010
Bank of Canada announces Deputy Governor Appointment
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada today announced the appointment of Agathe Côté as Deputy Governor of the Bank effective 30 July 2010. -
June 22, 2010
Risks to Canada's Financial Stability in an Uncertain World
The recent past has underscored the fact that, in finance and the economy, most things are interconnected on a global scale. Throughout its history, Canada has been powerfully affected by events elsewhere. -
The Role of Expenditure Switching in the Global Imbalance Adjustment
In theory, nominal exchange rate movements can lead to “expenditure switching” when they generate changes in the relative prices of goods across countries. This paper explores whether the expenditure-switching role of exchange rates has changed in the current episode of significant global imbalances. -
June 20, 2010
The Bank of Canada’s Extraordinary Liquidity Policies and Moral Hazard
Bank of Canada published a report establishing a set of principles to guide the extraordinary liquidity interventions it was making in response to the systemic shocks buffeting the Canadian financial system. These principles provided a framework for maintaining consistency between the Bank’s actions and its responsibilities as lender of last resort to the financial system, while allowing sufficient fl exibility to respond to the unique challenges of the crisis. -