July 23, 2013
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July 17, 2013
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report. -
July 17, 2013
Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. -
July 17, 2013
Monetary Policy Report – July 2013
Following growth of 1.7 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 1.8 per cent in 2013 and 2.7 percent in 2014 and 2015, and to reach full capacity in mid-2015, as anticipated in the April Report.
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July 8, 2013
Senior Loan Officer Survey - Second-Quarter 2013
The survey, conducted between 10 and 14 June, pointed to a continued easing in overall business-lending conditions during the second quarter of 2013. -
July 8, 2013
Business Outlook Survey - Summer 2013
Responses to the summer survey provide further indications that uncertainty regarding the nature and timing of a notable improvement in growth prospects is bearing on firms’ expectations and investment decisions. -
June 26, 2013
Shedding Light on Shadow Banking
Deputy Governor Tim Lane will discuss the importance of shadow banking, its fragilities, and reform efforts underway to make it more resilient. -
June 19, 2013
Reconstruction: Rebuilding Business Confidence in Canada
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses the structural damage to the Canadian economy caused by the crisis, and the need to rebuild Canada’s economic capacity and strengthen business confidence. -
June 19, 2013
Canada’s Economic Capacity Needs To Be Rebuilt and Confidence Strengthened, says Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz
For Canada’s economy to grow in a self-sustaining, self-generating fashion, capacity needs to be rebuilt and business confidence strengthened, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today in a speech to the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. Although the Canadian economy has recovered the jobs and output lost during the recession, the structural damage caused […] -
June 13, 2013
Financial System Review - June 2013
The Governing Council judges that the risks to the Canadian financial system have decreased somewhat relative to the December FSR, but that the overall level of risk remains high. The key risks are similar to those highlighted in December, and emanate primarily from the external environment.