Opening statements

• November 9, 2000

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen

  This morning we released our latest Monetary Policy Report. In the six months since the May Report, our economy has outperformed expectations, spurred by strong domestic and foreign demand for Canadian products. We now expect that growth will average 5 per cent in 2000 and 3 to 4 per cent in 2001. Despite this stronger-than-anticipated […]

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• August 16, 2000

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report Update

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen

  This morning we released our update to the May Monetary Policy Report. Overall, the outlook for Canadian economic growth and inflation is positive. Economic activity in Canada has remained strong since our May Report. Nonetheless, the underlying trend of inflation has been unexpectedly low - in the bottom half of our 1 to 3 per […]

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• May 16, 2000

  Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Last week, we released our eleventh Monetary Policy Report. Since our November Report, the Canadian economy has outperformed expectations. Bolstered by vigorous external and domestic demand, Canada's economic expansion strengthened in the second half of 1999 and into early 2000.

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• May 11, 2000

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen

  This morning we released our latest Monetary Policy Report. The outlook that we see for Canadian economic growth and inflation is very positive. The economy has outperformed expectations since our November Report and the underlying trend of inflation has been lower than expected. With the global economy gaining momentum and greater demand at home, we […]

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• April 6, 2000

  Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

  When I appeared before you last April, there was still a high degree of uncertainty in the global economy related to the 1997-98 financial crisis in emerging markets and the associated fall in world commodity prices.

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• February 16, 2000

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report Update

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen

  This morning, we released our update to the November 1999 Monetary Policy Report. It gives the Governing Council's latest outlook for the economy and for inflation. Information received since November confirms that our economy performed well last year - expanding by close to 4 per cent between the fourth quarter of 1998 and the fourth […]

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