Press Releases

• July 29, 2010

  Bank of Canada Releases 2011 Schedule of Dates for Its Policy Interest Rate Announcements

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today released its 2011 schedule of eight dates for announcing decisions on its key policy interest rate and confirmed the announcement dates for the remainder of this year.

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• July 20, 2010

  Bank of Canada increases overnight rate target to 3/4 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 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent.

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