Remarks

• March 26, 2024

  Time to break the glass: Fixing Canada’s productivity problem

  Remarks Carolyn Rogers Halifax Partnership Halifax, Nova Scotia

  Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers explains how higher productivity can protect the economy from future bouts of inflation and why fixing Canada's productivity problem should be a priority for all Canadians.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Labour markets, Potential output, Productivity
• March 21, 2024

  Going back to normal: The Bank of Canada’s balance sheet after quantitative tightening

  Remarks Toni Gravelle CFA Society Toronto Toronto, Ontario

  Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle provides an update on quantitative tightening and talks about how the Bank of Canada will manage its balance sheet once normalization ends.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial system regulation and policies, Lender of last resort, Monetary policy implementation, Payment clearing and settlement systems, Recent economic and financial developments
• February 6, 2024

  Monetary policy: The right tool for the right job

  Remarks Tiff Macklem Montreal Council on Foreign Relations Montréal, Quebec

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses how monetary policy is working to bring inflation down—and how it has worked to return inflation to target over the last 25 years. He also talks about the limits of monetary policy, and why the right focus is on controlling inflation in the medium term.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Housing, Inflation targets, Inflation: costs and benefits, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Monetary policy implementation, Monetary policy transmission, Price stability, Productivity
• December 15, 2023

  The path to price stability

  Remarks Tiff Macklem Canadian Club Toronto Toronto, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses how the economy will continue to adjust to higher interest rates in the year ahead, and outlines what Canadians can expect from the Bank of Canada.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Economic models, Expectations, Inflation and prices, Inflation: costs and benefits, Interest rates, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Monetary policy communications, Monetary policy transmission, Price stability
• December 7, 2023

  Economic progress report: Immigration, housing and the outlook for inflation

  Remarks Toni Gravelle Windsor–Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce Windsor, Ontario

  Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle discusses the latest interest rate decision along with how immigration helps Canada’s economy and how it impacts inflation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Domestic demand and components, Housing, Inflation and prices, Interest rates, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Potential output, Price stability, Recent economic and financial developments
• November 28, 2023

  Moving money with confidence: Canada’s new regime for retail payments supervision

  Remarks Ron Morrow Central 1 Momentum Summit Vancouver, British Columbia

  Executive Director of Supervision Ron Morrow discusses the creation and coming into force of a new supervision regime to oversee retail payments.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Retail payments supervision
• November 22, 2023

  Ending the pain of high inflation

  Remarks Tiff Macklem Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce Saint John, New Brunswick

  Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem explains how high inflation is hurting Canadians and how monetary policy is working to bring inflation back to target.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Inflation: costs and benefits, Interest rates, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Price stability
• November 9, 2023

  Financial stability in a world of higher interest rates

  Remarks Carolyn Rogers Advocis Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia

  Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers talks about financial stability in an era of higher interest rates.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Credit risk management, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial stability, Firm dynamics, Interest rates, Monetary and financial indicators, Recent economic and financial developments
• October 3, 2023

  Understanding the unusual: How firms set prices during periods of high inflation

  Remarks Nicolas Vincent Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal Montréal, Quebec

  Deputy Governor Nicolas Vincent discusses how firms set their prices and how pricing behaviour changed in our recent environment of high inflation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Firm dynamics, Inflation and prices, Price stability
• September 19, 2023

  Rebalancing the economy while managing risks

  Remarks Sharon Kozicki University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan

  Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki talks about how household differences have affected the way that monetary policy is transmitted. She also discusses how the Bank is considering the role of mortgage interest costs in inflation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Housing, Inflation and prices, Interest rates, Monetary policy transmission, Price stability