November 5, 2024 Summary of Governing Council deliberations: Fixed announcement date of October 23, 2024 This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on October 23, 2024. Content Type(s): Publications, Summary of deliberations
November 7, 2024 Bank of Canada webcasts The John Kuszczak Memorial Lecture On Thursday, November 7, 2024, the Bank of Canada will host its annual economic conference. This year’s theme is “Frontiers of Monetary Policy Design”. Academics, policy-makers, private sector economists and representatives from policy think tanks will be among those in attendance. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
November 6, 2024 Speech by Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, will speak before the Economic Club of Canada. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
October 25, 2024 Media roundtable with Governor Macklem As is customary, Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, held today a virtual roundtable with journalists from the sidelines of the IMF meetings in Washington, DC. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
January 16, 2025 Speech by Toni Gravelle, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada On Thursday, January 16, 2025, Toni Gravelle, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, will speak before VersaFi (formerly Women in Capital Markets). Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
January 29, 2025 Bank of Canada reduces policy rate by 25 basis points to 3%, announces end of quantitative tightening Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 3%, with the Bank Rate at 3.25% and the deposit rate at 2.95%. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
Using new loan data to better understand mortgage holders Staff Analytical Note 2025-1 Odae Al Aboud, Saarah Sheikh, Adam Su, Yang Xu The Bank of Canada is using an enhanced dataset that tracks the stock of outstanding mortgages and home equity lines of credit held by federally regulated lenders. This paper highlights some of the new details in the dataset and how they impact the Bank’s understanding of the mortgage market. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Research Topic(s): Credit and credit aggregates, Financial institutions, Interest rates, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): D, D1, D12, D14, G, G2, G21, G28
Interaction of Macroprudential and Monetary Policies: Practice Ahead of Theory Staff Discussion Paper 2024-18 Thibaut Duprey, Yaz Terajima, Jing Yang We draw on the Canadian experience to examine how monetary and macroprudential policies interact and possibly complement each other in achieving their respective price and financial stability objectives. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Financial stability, Monetary policy JEL Code(s): E, E3, E37, E5, E52, E58, E6, E61, G, G0, G01, G2, G21, G28
December 16, 2024 Summary of Comments – Fall 2024 Debt Management Strategy Consultations Today, the Fall 2024 Debt Management Strategy Consultations Summary is being published, following the release of the Government of Canada’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices