News

• August 15, 2013

  Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2013

  

  This special issue discusses tools used at Bank of Canada to conduct current analysis - the collection and analysis of a broad spectrum of information to form a view of current economic activity. This analysis is a key input into the Bank’s monetary policy decision-making process.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
• July 23, 2013

  Bank of Canada Publishes 2014 Schedule for Policy Interest Rate Announcements and Monetary Policy Report Releases

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today published its 2014 schedule of key policy interest rate announcements and quarterly Monetary Policy Report (MPR) releases, and re-confirmed the scheduled announcement dates for the remainder of this year.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• July 17, 2013

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Ottawa, Ontario

  Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• July 17, 2013

  Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  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.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• 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.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• 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.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• 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.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• June 26, 2013

  Shedding Light on Shadow Banking

  Remarks Timothy Lane CFA Society Toronto Toronto, Ontario

  Deputy Governor Tim Lane will discuss the importance of shadow banking, its fragilities, and reform efforts underway to make it more resilient.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• June 19, 2013

  Reconstruction: Rebuilding Business Confidence in Canada

  Remarks Stephen S. Poloz Oakville Chamber of Commerce Burlington, Ontario

  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.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• June 19, 2013

  Canada’s Economic Capacity Needs To Be Rebuilt and Confidence Strengthened, says Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz

  Media Relations Burlington, Ontario

  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 […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases