October 27, 2021 Balance sheet operations for the reinvestment of proceeds of maturing Government of Canada bonds As announced on October 27, 2021, the Bank of Canada is ending quantitative easing and moving into the reinvestment phase effective November 1, 2021. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
October 27, 2021 Labour market recovery from COVID‑19 COVID-19 has emphasized the complexity and diversity of the labour market – and the need to look at a broad range of measures to assess labour market health. View the indicators that track the recovery of the labour market from COVID-19.
October 27, 2021 Bank of Canada maintains policy rate and forward guidance, ends quantitative easing Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
October 27, 2021 Monetary Policy Report – October 2021 The Canadian economy is once again growing robustly, and the recovery from COVID-19 continues. The Bank is forecasting growth of around 5 percent in 2021, 4 ¼ percent in 2022 and 3 ¾ percent in 2023. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
October 25, 2021 CARR Meeting (October 25, 2021) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
October 18, 2021 Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (October 25–November 5) As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP). Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
What Can Stockouts Tell Us About Inflation? Evidence from Online Micro Data Staff Working Paper 2021-52 Alberto Cavallo, Oleksiy Kryvtsov Did supply disruptions and cost pressures play a role in rising inflation in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic? Using data collected from websites of large retailers in multiple sectors and countries, we show that shortages may indicate transitory inflationary pressures. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Inflation and prices JEL Code(s): D, D2, D22, E, E3, E31, E37