April 12, 2017
Canada’s economy is expected to grow by 2 1/2 per cent this year and just below 2 per cent in 2018 and 2019.
Monetary Policy Report – April 2017
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Assessing Global Potential Output Growth
This note estimates potential output growth for the global economy through 2019. While there is considerable uncertainty surrounding our estimates, overall we expect global potential output growth to rise modestly, from 3.1 per cent in 2016 to 3.4 per cent in 2019. -
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April 7, 2017
Bank of Canada unveils commemorative bank note to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Ginette Petitpas Taylor today unveiled a commemorative $10 bank note celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation. -
April 7, 2017
Unveiling of Commemorative Bank Note Marking the 150th Anniversary of Canada
Governor Stephen S. Poloz unveils a new commemorative $10 bank note marking the 150th anniversary of Canada. -
April 5, 2017
Market Structure Workshop
Workshop held on 5 April 2017 (papers in unedited, electronic format only) -
Anticipated Technology Shocks: A Re‐Evaluation Using Cointegrated Technologies
Two approaches have been taken in the literature to evaluate the relative importance of news shocks as a source of business cycle volatility. The first is an empirical approach that performs a structural vector autoregression to assess the relative importance of news shocks, while the second is a structural-model-based approach. -
April 4, 2017
Release of the 2016 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report
The Bank of Canada today published the 2016 annual report on its oversight of payment clearing and settlement systems, which are also known as financial market infrastructures or FMIs. -
April 3, 2017
Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2017
The results of the spring Business Outlook Survey reflect signs of a further strengthening of domestic demand following overall subdued activity over the past two years. This outlook is supported by foreign demand and an expected rebound in activity in energy-producing regions. -
Assessing the Business Outlook Survey Indicator Using Real-Time Data
Every quarter, the Bank of Canada conducts quarterly consultations with businesses across Canada, referred to as the Business Outlook Survey (BOS). A principal-component analysis conducted by Pichette and Rennison (2011) led to the development of the BOS indicator, which summarizes survey results and is used by the Bank as a gauge of overall business sentiment.