News

• October 25, 2017

  Monetary Policy Report – October 2017

  

  Projections for Canadian economic growth have been increased to 3.1 per cent this year and 2.1 per cent in 2018, with growth of 1.5 per cent forecast for 2019.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• October 16, 2017

  Business Outlook Survey - Autumn 2017

  Results from the autumn Business Outlook Survey point to continued positive business sentiment across the country, with business activity becoming entrenched. Firms’ prospects remain healthy, although several survey indicators have moderated from the strong summer results.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• October 16, 2017

  Senior Loan Officer Survey - Third Quarter of 2017

  Survey results point to nearly unchanged overall business-lending conditions in the third quarter. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of unchanged overall conditions.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• October 3, 2017

  Seeking Gazelles in Polar Bear Country

  Remarks Sylvain Leduc Sherbrooke Chamber of Commerce Sherbrooke, Quebec

  Deputy Governor Sylvain Leduc discusses the decline in firm creation and productivity in the Canadian economy.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Firm dynamics, International topics, Market structure and pricing, Potential output, Productivity
• September 27, 2017

  The Meaning of “Data Dependence”: An Economic Progress Report

  Remarks Stephen S. Poloz St. John’s Board of Trade St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

  Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses how unknowns in Canada’s inflation outlook have made the Bank’s monetary policy particularly data dependent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Inflation and prices, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Recent economic and financial developments, Regional economic developments
• September 27, 2017

  Monetary policy data dependent given unknowns in inflation outlook, Bank of Canada Governor Poloz says

  Media Relations St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

  The Bank of Canada’s approach to monetary policy has become particularly data dependent, because of significant unknowns around the inflation outlook as the Canadian economy nears its potential, Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• September 18, 2017

  How Canada’s International Trade is Changing with the Times

  Remarks Timothy Lane Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  Deputy Governor Timothy Lane discusses the changing nature of international trade and the factors that are propelling it.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, International topics, Productivity, Recent economic and financial developments, Trade integration
• September 18, 2017

  Bank of Canada begins publishing daily data for new Canadian effective exchange rate (CEER) index

  Daily data for the Bank’s new Canadian effective exchange rate (CEER) index is now available on the Bank of Canada’s website.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
• September 14, 2017

  Bank of Canada Workshop “Monetary Policy Framework Issues: Toward the 2021 Inflation-Target Renewal”

  Remarks Lawrence L. Schembri Ottawa, Ontario

  Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri opens the Bank’s Monetary Policy Framework Issues: Toward the 2021 Inflation-Target Renewal workshop.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Research Topic(s): Central bank research, Credibility, Inflation and prices, Inflation targets, International topics, Monetary policy framework
• September 8, 2017

  Bank of Canada calls for nominations for the 2018 Fellowship Program awards

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is inviting Canadian universities to nominate exceptional academics for its 2018 Fellowship and Governor’s awards.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Fellowship Program