January 21, 2015
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report.
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January 21, 2015
Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target to 3/4 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering 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. -
January 21, 2015
Monetary Policy Report – January 2015
Economic growth in Canada is expected to average 2.1 per cent in 2015 and 2.4 per cent in 2016, with a return to full capacity around the end of 2016. -
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January 13, 2015
Drilling Down - Understanding Oil Prices and Their Economic Impact
Deputy Governor Timothy Lane discusses the causes of the recent drop in oil prices and its effects on the global and Canadian economies. -
January 12, 2015
Business Outlook Survey - Winter 2014-15
The winter Business Outlook Survey continues to provide signs of strengthening demand, especially among export-oriented firms and manufacturers. However, the outlook for businesses that are linked directly or indirectly to the energy sector has deteriorated. -
January 12, 2015
Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2014
The survey results point to nearly unchanged business-lending conditions during the fourth quarter of 2014. -
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January 9, 2015
Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) - Exceptional Temporary Access to Non-Mortgage Loan Portfolio
The Bank of Canada will continue, in exceptional circumstances, to allow participants in the Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) to submit, on a same-day basis, requests to lift the 20 per cent limit of total collateral value pledged that can be the non-mortgage loan portfolio (NMLP). -
January 9, 2015
Historical Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility – January 9, 2015 to March 30, 2018
The Bank of Canada, through its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), provides access to liquidity to those institutions that participate directly in the Large Value Transfer System (LVTS).