Press Releases

• May 2, 2016

  Bank of Canada designates Automated Clearing Settlement System under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Governor of the Bank of Canada has designated, effective 2 May 2016, the Automated Clearing Settlement System (ACSS) for oversight under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act (PCSA) as a clearing and settlement system that has the potential to pose payments system risk.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 29, 2016

  Independent Advisory Council announces candidates for the 2018 bank note featuring an iconic Canadian woman

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that the 2018 bank note independent Advisory Council has narrowed to 12 names the list of iconic Canadian women who could be featured on the first bank note of the next series.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 26, 2016

  Slowing global trade growth signals new balance point, Governor Poloz says

  Media Relations New York, New York

  The slowdown in international trade growth seen over the past few years suggests that global exports have reached a new balance point and this weakness is not a sign of impending trouble, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today. In a speech to a meeting of Canadian and US securities industry associations in […]

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• April 15, 2016

  Bank of Canada announces recipients of 2016 Fellowship and Governor’s awards

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce Professor Daniel Trefler from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Professor Francesco Trebbi from the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver School of Economics as the 2016 recipients of the Bank’s Fellowship Award.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Fellowship Program
• April 13, 2016

  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.

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• April 5, 2016

  Bank of Canada watching China’s economic transition closely, says Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins

  Media Relations Vancouver, British Columbia

  Canada faces opportunities and risks as China undergoes a complex transition to a more sustainable pace of economic growth, Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins said today. China has grown remarkably since undertaking market reforms in the 1980s and joining the World Trade Organization in 2001. Its transformation has been felt around the […]

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• April 4, 2016

  Bank of Canada announces members of 2018 bank note Advisory Council

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen S. Poloz, and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins today announced the members of an independent Advisory Council, who will develop a short list of iconic Canadian women who could be featured on the first bank note of the next series.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Bank notes
• March 24, 2016

  The Bank of Canada Releases Its Annual Report for 2015

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report for 2015 was tabled in the House of Commons today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 9, 2016

  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
• March 8, 2016

  Bank of Canada launches public consultation to select Canadian woman to be on next series bank note

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  As announced today by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, the Bank of Canada is undertaking a broad public consultation to select an iconic Canadian woman to be featured on the first bank note of its next series. This new note will be issued in 2018.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Bank notes