April 29, 2010
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April 27, 2010
Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. I am pleased to appear before this committee today to discuss the Bank of Canada’s views on the economy and our monetary policy stance. -
April 22, 2010
Monetary Policy Report – April 2010
Global economic growth has been somewhat stronger than projected, with momentum in emerging-market economies increasing noticeably. -
April 22, 2010
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
Good Morning. I am pleased to be here with you today to discuss the April Monetary Policy Report, which the Bank published this morning. -
April 20, 2010
Bank of Canada Announces Updated Substitution Schedule for Outstanding Bank of Canada Term PRA Operations
In accordance with today's policy rate announcement, no further Term PRA operations are scheduled. The last operation was conducted on 12 April 2010. -
April 20, 2010
Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/4 per cent; removes conditional commitment
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/4 per cent. -
Prospects for Global Current Account Rebalancing
The authors use the Bank of Canada's version of the Global Economy Model, a multi-country, multi-sector dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model with an active banking system (the BoC-GEM-FIN), to study the evolution of global current account balances following the recent global financial crisis. -
Le pouvoir de prévision des indices PMI
The forecast of world economic growth plays a key role in the conduct of Canadian monetary policy. In this context, the authors study the usefulness of the monthly Purchasing Managers’ Indexes (PMIs) in predicting short-term real GDP growth in the euro area, Japan, the United Kingdom, and China, as well as in the world economy. -
April 16, 2010
Senior Loan Officer Survey - First-Quarter 2010
The survey results point to an overall easing in business-lending conditions during the first quarter of 2010, following a stabilization of lending conditions in the last quarter of 2009. Both the price and non-price aspects of business lending eased during the first quarter. -
April 12, 2010
Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2010
On balance, firms expect sales growth to pick up over the next 12 months, and plan to increase investment spending and employment. Their investment plans are increasingly being targeted at expansion and at improving efficiency to promote future growth.