March 1, 2001
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February 27, 2001
Fall Consultations—2000: Summary of Comments
As it does every year during the Fall, the government sought views from market participants on a number of issues related to the design and operations of government debt programs in the next fiscal year. To allow comments to be received from a broader range of participants, the consultation documents were available on the Bank […] -
February 27, 2001
Fall Consultations - 2000: Summary of Comments
As it has done in the Fall of previous years, the Department of Finance jointly with the Bank of Canada held consultations with market participants on issues relating to the design and operation of government debt programs in 2001-2002. -
February 20, 2001
The Bank of Canada and Monetary Policy: Future Directions
There are three main issues I want to address publicly as I begin my term: the Bank's contribution to good economic performance; the Bank's contribution to promoting financial stability, both nationally and internationally; and the importance of open and frank dialogue with business, labour, and the general public. -
February 6, 2001
Release of the Monetary Policy Report Update
This morning, we released our Update to last November's Monetary Policy Report. This Update was completed at the time of the Bank Rate announcement on 23 January. It presents the analysis on which we based our decision to reduce the Bank Rate by 25 basis points. -
February 6, 2001
Monetary Policy Report Update – February 2001
On 23 January, the Bank reduced the Bank Rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 5 3/4 per cent. -
Exact Non-Parametric Tests for a Random Walk with Unknown Drift under Conditional Heteroscedasticity
This paper proposes a class of linear signed rank statistics to test for a random walk with unknown drift in the presence of arbitrary forms of conditional heteroscedasticity. -
January 29, 2001
Annual Report 2000
The Canadian economy continued to expand robustly in 2000 while inflation remained low. -
January 23, 2001
Bank of Canada lowers Bank Rate to 5 3/4 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering the Bank Rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 5 3/4 per cent. The operating band for the overnight rate is correspondingly lowered, and the Bank's target for the overnight rate is reduced to 5 1/2 per cent. -
January 22, 2001
Canada's Economic Future: What Have We Learned from the 1990s?
In early 1994, Canada's economic situation was not that favourable - our economy was facing some rather serious problems. Today, too, we face some challenges. But our overall economic and financial situation is much stronger now than it was seven years ago.