October 9, 2015 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Third-Quarter 2015 The survey results suggest that business-lending conditions were largely unchanged during the third quarter of 2015. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
October 9, 2015 Business Outlook Survey - Autumn 2015 The autumn Business Outlook Survey shows that firms’ expectations continue to diverge as they gradually adjust to an environment of weaker commodity prices and a lower Canadian dollar. The overall sales and investment outlook improved, owing in part to continued support from U.S. demand. However, business sentiment remains weak for firms directly and indirectly tied to the resource sector. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
October 7, 2015 CFIF Meeting (October 7, 2015) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
October 2, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 2 October 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
The Optimal Level of the Inflation Target: A Selective Review of the Literature and Outstanding Issues Staff Discussion Paper 2015-8 Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Rhys R. Mendes Bank of Canada research done prior to the most recent renewal of the inflation-control agreement in 2011 concluded that the benefits associated with a target below 2 per cent were insufficient to justify the increased risk of being constrained by the zero lower bound (ZLB) on nominal interest rates. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Inflation targets, Inflation: costs and benefits, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, E58
September 30, 2015 Overnight repos The Bank conducts overnight repo (OR) operations to ensure the effective implementation of our monetary policy framework. These operations inject liquidity intraday, reinforcing the Bank’s target for the overnight rate.
September 30, 2015 Overnight reverse repos The Bank conducts overnight reverse repo (ORR) operations to ensure the effective implementation of our monetary policy framework. These operations withdraw liquidity intraday, reinforcing the Bank’s target for the overnight rate.