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April 30, 2003
Opening Statement before the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee
The last time I testified before this committee was in the spring of 2002, because we were unable to arrange our regular meeting last fall. You will recall that following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, we quickly and aggressively cut our policy interest rate to shore up confidence and support domestic demand. By last spring, evidence had already started to build that demand was growing faster than the economy's production capacity.
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April 29, 2003
Bank of Canada announces Deputy Governor appointments
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada today announced the appointment of David Longworth and Mark Carney as Deputy Governors of the Bank.
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April 29, 2003
Opening Statement before the House of Commons Finance Committee
Last week, we released our spring Monetary Policy Report, in which we discuss economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy. I last testified before this committee in October, following the release of our autumn Monetary Policy Report.
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April 23, 2003
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
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David Dodge
Since our October 2002 Monetary Policy Report, both core and total CPI inflation have been well above the 2 per cent inflation target. In this environment, inflation expectations have edged up.
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