October 24, 2019 New exhibition, Luck and Lore, opens at the Bank of Canada Museum Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada Museum is inviting Ottawa residents and visitors to come see its new exhibition. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
October 24, 2019 How Canadians pay for things Kim Huynh From cash to contactless cards—what’s in our wallets? Content Type(s): Publications, The Economy, Plain and Simple Topic(s): Bank notes, Digital currencies and fintech, Financial services
October 22, 2019 Business Outlook Survey—Autumn 2019 Results from the autumn Business Outlook Survey indicate that business sentiment improved slightly, but regional differences are more pronounced. Positive views in Central Canada contrast with widespread weakness in the Prairies. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
October 22, 2019 Senior Loan Officer Survey—Third Quarter of 2019 For household lending, mortgage conditions ease this quarter while non-mortgage lending conditions tightened. Overall business lending conditions were unchanged, with a slight tightening in non-price conditions and unchanged price conditions. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
October 21, 2019 CARR Meeting (October 21, 2019) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
October 17, 2019 Conference on the Economics of Central Bank Digital Currency by the Bank of Canada and Sveriges Riksbank The Bank of Canada and Sveriges Riksbank jointly organized this conference on October 17 and 18, 2019 at the Bank of Canada headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. The event aimed at providing a forum for central bankers and academic researchers to discuss the arguments for and against the issuance of CBDC and under what conditions, if any, governments should issue their own digital currencies. Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops
October 17, 2019 Advances in Fixed Income Macro-Finance Research The Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco hosted the 7th Conference on Fixed Income Markets, discussing the implications for monetary policy of new research that focuses on bond and money markets. Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops