October 21, 2015 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
October 21, 2015 Monetary Policy Report – October 2015 Canada’s economy is expected to grow by 1.1 per cent this year before accelerating to 2.0 per cent in 2016 and 2.5 per cent in 2017. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
An Update - Canadian Non-Energy Exports: Past Performance and Future Prospects Staff Discussion Paper 2015-10 André Binette, Daniel de Munnik, Julie Melanson In light of the fact that Canada was continuing to lose market share in the United States, Binette, de Munnik and Gouin-Bonenfant (2014) studied 31 Canadian non-energy export (NEX) categories to assess their individual performance. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Exchange rates, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F4, F43
Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Consumer Prices: Theory and Recent Evidence Staff Discussion Paper 2015-9 Laurence Savoie-Chabot, Mikael Khan In an open economy such as Canada’s, exchange rate movements can have a material impact on consumer prices. This is particularly important in the current context, with the significant depreciation of the Canadian dollar vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar since late 2012. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Inflation and prices JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, E5, E52, F, F3, F31
October 16, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 16 October 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
October 13, 2015 Results of the 28-day 13 October 2015 Term Repo Operation Results of today's term repo operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
October 13, 2015 Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation The minimum bid rate for today's 28-day Term Repo operation is 0.49%. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices