October 23, 2024 Monetary Policy Report—October 2024 Monetary policy has worked to reduce price pressures in the Canadian economy. Inflation is now around 2% and is expected to remain near the middle of the Bank of Canada’s control range of 1% to 3% over the projection. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
October 11, 2024 Business Outlook Survey—Third Quarter of 2024 Results from the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse show that inflationary pressures continue to ease. Firms feel appropriately equipped to meet current and anticipated soft demand. Their investment and hiring plans are therefore modest. Expectations for growth in wages, input costs and selling prices have continued to normalize as inflation has come down. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
October 11, 2024 Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Third Quarter of 2024 Consumers’ perceptions of current inflation and their expectations for inflation over the next year have declined this quarter, although they remain higher than they were before the COVID‑19 pandemic. Perceptions of financial stress have improved. And, given recent interest rate cuts and lower inflation, fewer consumers reported reducing their spending. However, consumers expect interest rates to remain elevated, which is affecting their spending decisions. Perceptions of the labour market have weakened further, with young consumers reporting a more pronounced deterioration than others. Still, overall, job prospects are close to survey averages. Content Type(s): Publications, Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations
September 18, 2024 Summary of Governing Council deliberations: Fixed announcement date of September 4, 2024 This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on September 4, 2024. Content Type(s): Publications, Summary of deliberations
August 27, 2024 How high productivity helps fight inflation Higher productivity helps keep prices down and wages up. It gives workers more money to spend and increases the value they get when they spend it. And it allows businesses to weather cost increases without having to raise prices. All together, these factors drive economic growth. Content Type(s): Publications, The Economy, Plain and Simple Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Productivity
August 22, 2024 Quarterly Financial Report - Second Quarter 2024 Quarterly Financial Report - Second Quarter 2024 - For the period ended June 30, 2024, unaudited Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
August 7, 2024 Summary of Governing Council deliberations: Fixed announcement date of July 24, 2024 This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on July 24, 2024. Content Type(s): Publications, Summary of deliberations
August 2, 2024 Market Participants Survey—Second Quarter of 2024 The Market Participants Survey results are based on questionnaire responses from about 30 financial market participants. Content Type(s): Publications, Market Participants Survey
July 24, 2024 Monetary Policy Report—July 2024 Monetary policy is working to reduce price pressures in the Canadian economy. Core inflation is expected to ease gradually, while the path of CPI inflation will be bumpy. Inflation returns sustainably to the 2% target in the second half of 2025. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
July 15, 2024 Business Outlook Survey—Second Quarter of 2024 Results from the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse continue to signal weak demand, which is weighing on investment and hiring plans. While few firms are planning layoffs, labour markets are widely seen as continuing to soften. Although they remain above average, wage and inflation expectations are easing. Most firms that made abnormally large price increases in the past 12 months do not plan to do so again in the coming year. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey