May 1, 2003 Changes to the Bank of Canada Commodity Price Index (BCPI) Effective 15 May 2003 the following changes will be made to the Bank of Canada Commodity Price Index (BCPI). Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
April 30, 2003 Opening Statement before the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee Opening statement David Dodge Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee The last time I testified before this committee was in the spring of 2002, because we were unable to arrange our regular meeting last fall. You will recall that following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, we quickly and aggressively cut our policy interest rate to shore up confidence and support domestic demand. By last spring, evidence had already started to build that demand was growing faster than the economy's production capacity. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
April 29, 2003 Bank of Canada announces Deputy Governor appointments Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada today announced the appointment of David Longworth and Mark Carney as Deputy Governors of the Bank. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
April 29, 2003 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Finance Committee Opening statement David Dodge House of Commons Finance Committee Last week, we released our spring Monetary Policy Report, in which we discuss economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy. I last testified before this committee in October, following the release of our autumn Monetary Policy Report. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
April 23, 2003 Release of the Monetary Policy Report Opening statement David Dodge Since our October 2002 Monetary Policy Report, both core and total CPI inflation have been well above the 2 per cent inflation target. In this environment, inflation expectations have edged up. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
April 23, 2003 Bank of Canada releases Monetary Policy Report Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario Since the October 2002 Monetary Policy Report, both core and total CPI inflation have been well above the 2 per cent inflation target. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
April 23, 2003 Monetary Policy Report – April 2003 The global economic outlook has been clouded by a high degree of uncertainty, accentuated most recently by the war in Iraq. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
April 15, 2003 Bank of Canada raises overnight rate target by 1/4 percentage point to 3 1/4 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 3 1/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
April 9, 2003 Bank of Canada announces appointment of Paul Jenkins as Senior Deputy Governor Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada today announced that, pursuant to Section 6 of the Bank of Canada Act, Paul Jenkins has been appointed Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank for a seven-year term. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
April 8, 2003 Change in timing of auction of Government of Canada treasury bills from 12:30 p.m. to 10:30 a.m. (Ottawa time) starting 17 June 2003 In its Debt Management Strategy 2003/04, the government announced that the auction time for treasury bills would be moved to 10:30 a.m., on a trial basis, starting 22 April 2003. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices