August 8, 2005
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The Effects of the Exchange Rate on Investment: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Industries
Using industry-level data for 22 Canadian manufacturing industries, the authors examine the relationship between exchange rates and investment during the period 1981–97. -
July 28, 2005
Bank of Canada Announces Appointment of Special Adviser
Mr. Little, who will join the Bank in September, is a recently retired journalist from the Globe and Mail, where he spent most of the past two decades writing about economics and public finance. -
July 14, 2005
Bank of Canada releases Monetary Policy Report Update
The Bank of Canada today released its July Monetary Policy Report Update, which discusses current economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy. -
July 14, 2005
Release of the Monetary Policy Report Update
Global and Canadian economic developments have been unfolding broadly as expected, and the Bank's outlook for output and inflation in Canada through to the end of 2006 is little changed from the scenario outlined in the April Report. Strong growth in final domestic demand in Canada continues to offset the drag from net exports. -
July 14, 2005
Monetary Policy Report Update – July 2005
The update on global and Canadian economic developments presented in this Report highlights three issues. -
July 12, 2005
Bank of Canada keeps target for the overnight rate at 2 1/2 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 2 1/2 per cent. The operating band for the overnight rate is unchanged, and the Bank Rate remains at 2 3/4 per cent. -
July 4, 2005
Business Outlook Survey - Summer 2005
Businesses remain optimistic about the economic outlook. Indeed, the results of this survey are broadly similar to those of the spring 2005 survey. -
The Effectiveness of Official Foreign Exchange Intervention in a Small Open Economy: The Case of the Canadian Dollar
The Bank of Canada is one of very few central banks that has made records of the intraday timing of its intervention operations available to researchers. -
La fonction de production et les données canadiennes
This study has two aspects. First, the author examines the theoretical properties of the constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function and the implications of this formulation for the properties of a structural macroeconomic model.