April 15, 2015 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 3/4 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
On the Importance of Sales for Aggregate Price Flexibility Staff Working Paper 2014-45 Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Nicolas Vincent Macroeconomists have traditionally ignored the behavior of temporary price markdowns (“sales”) by retailers. Although sales are common in the micro price data, they are assumed to be unrelated to macroeconomic phenomena and generally filtered out. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Economic models, Inflation and prices, Market structure and pricing, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, E32, E5, E52, L, L1, L11, L2, L25, L8, L81, M, M3, M31
October 22, 2014 Notice: Senate committee appearance cancelled Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will not appear on Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, as previously scheduled. Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
October 22, 2014 Notice: Parliamentary Appearance Cancelled Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will not appear today before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, as previously scheduled. Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
October 22, 2014 Notice: Press Conference Cancelled In light of this morning’s incident in downtown Ottawa, the Bank of Canada is cancelling its press conference on the October Monetary Policy Report. The Governor’s Opening Statement will be published on the Bank’s website at 11:15 AM today. We will provide more details as soon as they become available. Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
March 19, 2015 Release of upcoming Quarterly Bond Schedule A standalone debt management strategy will be published on or before the end of March 2015, as required by the Financial Administration Act. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 13, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 13 March 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
March 12, 2015 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Rhys R. Mendes House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario Rhys Mendes discusses the impact of lower oil prices on the Canadian economy, in general, and on the manufacturing industry, in particular. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
March 6, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 6 March 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
October 30, 2013 Research Update - October 2013 This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website. Content Type(s): Staff research, Research newsletters