February 6, 2024 Monetary policy: The right tool for the right job Remarks Tiff Macklem Montreal Council on Foreign Relations Montréal, Quebec Governor Tiff Macklem discusses how monetary policy is working to bring inflation down—and how it has worked to return inflation to target over the last 25 years. He also talks about the limits of monetary policy, and why the right focus is on controlling inflation in the medium term. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Housing, Inflation targets, Inflation: costs and benefits, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Monetary policy implementation, Monetary policy transmission, Price stability, Productivity
February 6, 2024 CFIF Meeting (February 6, 2024) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
February 5, 2024 Université de Sherbrooke crowned National Champion of The Governor’s Challenge The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce the Université de Sherbrooke has won the ninth annual Governor’s Challenge, a national student competition in which teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council. Content Type(s): Press, Announcements Source(s): The Governor's Challenge
February 5, 2024 Market Participants Survey—Fourth Quarter of 2023 The Market Participants Survey results are based on questionnaire responses from about 30 financial market participants. Content Type(s): Publications, Market Participants Survey
February 5, 2024 CFEC Releases Results of October 2023 Foreign Exchange Volume Survey The Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) released today the results of its October 2023 semi-annual survey of foreign exchange volumes in Canada. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
The Role of Long-Term Contracting in Business Lending Staff Working Paper 2024-2 Phoebe Tian This paper examines inefficiencies arising from a lack of long-term contracting in small business lending in China. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions JEL Code(s): D, D8, D83, D86, G, G2, G21, L, L1, L14, L2, L26
February 2, 2024 Reintroduction of the morning auction of Receiver General cash balances The Bank of Canada (the “Bank”), in its role as fiscal agent for the Government of Canada, said today it will reintroduce the morning auction of Receiver General (RG) cash balances in the coming weeks. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
February 1, 2024 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Tiff Macklem House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
February 1, 2024 Parliamentary Appearance by the Governor and the Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada On Thursday, February 1, 2024, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, will appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. He will be accompanied by Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
January 31, 2024 Risk management The risk appetite is the amount and type of risk an organization takes to achieve its objectives. The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) policy sets out the overall intent and expectations for effective ERM at the Bank of Canada.