October 29, 2013 The Promise of Potential Remarks Agathe Côté CFA Society Winnipeg/Manitoba Chambers of Commerce Winnipeg, Manitoba In her speech, The Promise of Potential, Deputy Governor Agathe Côté discusses potential output in Canada and its implications for the economy and inflation. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
October 29, 2013 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario Thank you for the opportunity for Tiff and me to be with you today to discuss the October Monetary Policy Report, which the Bank published last week. The Bank aims to communicate our objectives openly and effectively and to stand accountable for our actions before Canadians. One of the best ways to do this is […] Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
October 28, 2013 Tips on handling polymer notes Handling tips, including separating brand new polymer notes.
October 25, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 25 October 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Measuring Uncertainty in Monetary Policy Using Implied Volatility and Realized Volatility Staff Working Paper 2013-37 Bo Young Chang, Bruno Feunou We measure uncertainty surrounding the central bank’s future policy rates using implied volatility computed from interest rate option prices and realized volatility computed from intraday prices of interest rate futures. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Monetary and financial indicators, Monetary policy and uncertainty JEL Code(s): E, E4
ToTEM II: An Updated Version of the Bank of Canada’s Quarterly Projection Model Technical Report No. 100 José Dorich, Michael K. Johnston, Rhys R. Mendes, Stephen Murchison, Yang Zhang This report provides a detailed technical description of an updated version of the Terms-of-Trade Economic Model (ToTEM II), which replaced ToTEM (Murchison and Rennison 2006) in June 2011 as the Bank of Canada’s quarterly projection model for Canada. Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Economic models JEL Code(s): E, E1, E17, E2, E20, E3, E30, E4, E40, E5, E50, F, F4, F41
October 23, 2013 Release of the Monetary Policy Report Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Ottawa, Ontario Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
October 23, 2013 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases