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• February 27, 2001

  Fall Consultations—2000: Summary of Comments

  As it does every year during the Fall, the government sought views from market participants on a number of issues related to the design and operations of government debt programs in the next fiscal year. To allow comments to be received from a broader range of participants, the consultation documents were available on the Bank […]
• February 27, 2001

  Fall Consultations - 2000: Summary of Comments

  As it has done in the Fall of previous years, the Department of Finance jointly with the Bank of Canada held consultations with market participants on issues relating to the design and operation of government debt programs in 2001-2002.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
• February 20, 2001

  Governor underlines Bank of Canada's ongoing commitment to good economic performance

  Media Relations Toronto, Ontario

  In highlighting the Bank's commitment to contribute to the economic well-being of Canadians, Mr. Dodge said that the Bank must continue to "conduct monetary policy so as to promote sustained economic growth, create conditions conducive to rising investment, employment, and incomes, and encourage a more stable macroeconomic environment." He stressed that the best contribution monetary policy can make to such an outcome is "to keep future inflation low, stable, and predictable."

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• February 20, 2001

  The Bank of Canada and Monetary Policy: Future Directions

  Remarks David Dodge Toronto Board of Trade Toronto, Ontario

  There are three main issues I want to address publicly as I begin my term: the Bank's contribution to good economic performance; the Bank's contribution to promoting financial stability, both nationally and internationally; and the importance of open and frank dialogue with business, labour, and the general public.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• February 6, 2001

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report Update

  Opening statement David Dodge

  This morning, we released our Update to last November's Monetary Policy Report. This Update was completed at the time of the Bank Rate announcement on 23 January. It presents the analysis on which we based our decision to reduce the Bank Rate by 25 basis points.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• February 6, 2001

  Monetary Policy Report Update – February 2001

  On 23 January, the Bank reduced the Bank Rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 5 3/4 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report

• Exact Non-Parametric Tests for a Random Walk with Unknown Drift under Conditional Heteroscedasticity

  Staff Working Paper 2001-2 Richard Luger

  This paper proposes a class of linear signed rank statistics to test for a random walk with unknown drift in the presence of arbitrary forms of conditional heteroscedasticity.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods JEL Code(s): C, C1, C12, C2, C22

• The Elements of the Global Network for Large-Value Funds Transfers

  Staff Working Paper 2001-1 James Dingle

  The author describes the various elements of the global payment network for large-value funds transfers (G-LVTN) in order to provide a convenient reference document intended for readers in the academic, legal, and financial communities.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): E, E4, E40, E6, E61
• January 30, 2001

  Annual Report 2001

  

  The year that just passed posed many challenges for all Canadians. The slowdown in the global economy became more pronounced as the year went on, and this affected households, businesses, and governments alike. The tragedy of 11 September compounded the economic difficulties and issues facing us all. Through this period of rapidly changing circumstances, the Bank met its responsibilities by responding quickly and vigorously to events in order to underpin confidence and support the economy.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report
• January 29, 2001

  Annual Report 2000

  

  The Canadian economy continued to expand robustly in 2000 while inflation remained low.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report