July 15, 2015 Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target to 1/2 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
July 15, 2015 Monetary Policy Report – July 2015 Economic growth in Canada is projected to average just over 1 per cent in 2015 and about 2 1/2 per cent in 2016 and 2017. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
July 10, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 10 July 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
July 6, 2015 Business Outlook Survey - Summer 2015 The summer Business Outlook Survey points to a diverging outlook across regions. While there are some encouraging signs, owing in part to strengthening U.S. demand, weak oil prices continue to significantly dampen economic perspectives in affected sectors and regions. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
July 6, 2015 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Second-Quarter 2015 The survey results suggest that, overall, business-lending conditions were broadly unchanged during the second quarter of 2015. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
July 3, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 3 July 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Managerial Compensation Duration and Stock Price Manipulation Staff Working Paper 2015-25 Josef Schroth I build a model of optimal managerial compensation where managers each have a privately observed propensity to manipulate short-term stock prices. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Labour markets, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): D, D8, D82, G, G1, G14, G3, G30, M, M1, M12
July 2, 2015 Operational Test of Standing Central Bank Swap Arrangements As part of an exercise to test the operational readiness of existing standing swap arrangements with other central banks, the Bank of Canada will conduct a small-value Canadian-dollar operation with the Bank of England, drawing British pounds against Canadian dollars. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices