Ottawa, Ontario

• September 17, 2020

  Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins will not seek second term

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada announced today that Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins informed them that she will not seek a second term.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• September 10, 2020

  Supporting growth and greater opportunity

  Speech summary Tiff Macklem Canadian Chamber of Commerce Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem outlines how the COVID-19 recession has had an uneven impact on Canadians and discusses the Bank’s decision yesterday to leave the policy rate unchanged.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Interest rates, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments
• September 10, 2020

  Canadian Chamber of Commerce - Press Conference (Webcasts)

  

  

  Governor Tiff Macklem of the Bank of Canada takes questions from reporters after delivering a virtual speech on the key issues behind the Bank of Canada’s September 9 rate decision. (13:45 (Eastern Time) approx.)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• September 10, 2020

  Economic progress report: a very uneven recovery

  Remarks (delivered virtually) Tiff Macklem The Canadian Chamber of Commerce Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses the Bank’s latest interest rate announcement and explains the uneven impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on different sectors and people.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Interest rates, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments
• September 10, 2020

  Canadian Chamber of Commerce - Speech (Webcasts)

  

  

  The uneven effects of COVID-19 on different sectors and people in the economy - Tiff Macklem, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks by videoconference before the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. (12:30 (Eastern Time) approx.)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• September 9, 2020

  Bank of Canada maintains commitment to current level of policy rate, continues program of quantitative easing

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly ½ percent and the deposit rate is ¼ percent. The Bank is also continuing its quantitative easing (QE) program, with large-scale asset purchases of at least $5 billion per week of Government of Canada bonds.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases