Publications

• January 30, 2003

  Annual Report 2002

  

  In the year just ended, the global economy faced a number of exceptional challenges, reflecting a wide range of economic, financial, and geopolitical risks and uncertainties. These included the fallout from the September 2001 terrorist attacks, corporate accounting scandals, stock market volatility, and developments in the Middle East. Despite this global backdrop, the Canadian economy outperformed virtually all other industrial economies, growing by about 3 1/4 per cent and creating 560,000 jobs, while inflation expectations remained well anchored to the Bank of Canada’s 2 per cent inflation-control target.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report
• January 23, 2003

  Monetary Policy Report Update – January 2003

  At the time of the October Monetary Policy Report, the Bank projected that core inflation would rise in the fourth quarter of 2002, reflecting a combination of one-off factors - including the rise in insurance premiums - and the “echo effect” from developments towards the end of 2001.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• January 21, 2003

  Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2002-2003

  

  Cover page

  A Nineteenth-Century Court Case

  The note and court document shown on the cover form part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.

  Photographed by Gord Carter, Ottawa

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review