Press Releases

• September 2, 1999

  Year 2000 and Contingency Arrangements for the Provision of Liquidity by the Bank of Canada

  Media Relations

  The financial sector is a crucial part of the Canadian economy and is well prepared for the year 2000.

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• May 27, 1999

  Bank of Canada Announces Appointment of Senior Deputy Governor

  Media Relations

  The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada announced today that, pursuant to Section 6 of the Bank of Canada Act, Malcolm Knight has been appointed Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank for a seven-year term, effective 5 July 1999.

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• May 25, 1999

  Bank of Canada Announces Appointment of Special Adviser

  Media Relations

  Professor Daniel Racette has been chosen to fill the visiting economist position of Special Adviser in the Bank of Canada for a one-year term beginning in August 1999.

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• May 19, 1999

  Bank of Canada releases its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report

  Media Relations

  Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen today commented on the release of the Bank's ninth Monetary Policy Report.

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• May 4, 1999

  Bank Rate Lowered by ¼ Percentage Point to 4¾ Per Cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today lowered its Bank Rate by ¼ of one per cent to 4¾ per cent.

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• May 4, 1999

  Bank of Canada Governor speaks to La Chambre de commerce de la région sherbrookoise

  Media Relations Sherbrooke, Quebec

  The Canadian economy has come through the financial volatility and global economic slowdown of the past few years quite well and has started 1999 on a strong note, Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen told members of La Chambre de Commerce de la région sherbrookoise today.

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• March 31, 1999

  Bank Rate Lowered by ¼ Percentage Point to 5 Per Cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today lowered its Bank Rate by ¼ of one per cent to 5 per cent. The associated operating band for overnight interest rates was similarly reduced.

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• March 22, 1999

  Bank of Canada Governor speaks to the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union

  Media Relations Kitchener, Ontario

  In a speech delivered today to the 35th annual meeting of the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union, Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen talked about financial sector reform, the economy, and monetary policy.

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• January 28, 1999

  Bank of Canada Welcomes Canada's New Funds Transfer System

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today welcomed the announcement by the Canadian Payments Association that full operation of the Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) will begin on 4 February 1999.

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• January 20, 1999

  Bank of Canada Governor Addresses Canadian Club of Ottawa

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen today reviewed the economic implications of the European currency union and its lessons for Canada.

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