Posts

• March 23, 2021

  Speech: Toni Gravelle, Deputy Governor

  13:15 (ET)
  By videoconference

  Content Type(s): Upcoming events
• March 11, 2021

  Speech: Lawrence Schembri, Deputy Governor

  13:30 (ET)
  By videoconference

  Content Type(s): Upcoming events
• March 11, 2021

  CFEC Meeting #104 (March 11, 2021)

  Conference Call

  Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
• March 10, 2021

  Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement

  On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, the Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. A press release will provide a brief explanation of the decision.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
• March 10, 2021

  Interest Rate Announcement

  10:00 (ET)
  On eight scheduled dates each year, the Bank of Canada issues a press release announcing its decision for the overnight rate target, together with a short explanation of the factors influencing the decision.

  Content Type(s): Upcoming events

• Cash and COVID-19: The Effects of Lifting Containment Measures on Cash Demand and Use

  Staff Discussion Paper 2021-3 Heng Chen, Walter Engert, Kim Huynh, Gradon Nicholls, Julia Zhu

  Using Bank Note Distribution System data on the demand for cash up to September 2020, we find that demand was strong. This is true even though cash use for payments declined early in the pandemic. When mobility restrictions and lockdown measures were eased, cash use for payments increased sharply but remained less popular than electronic methods of payment.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Bank notes, Central bank research, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Digital currencies and fintech, Econometric and statistical methods JEL Code(s): C, C1, C12, C9, E, E4, O, O5, O54