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• October 29, 2025

  Bank of Canada interest rate announcement and release of the Monetary Policy Report 

  On Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 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. The Bank will also publish its quarterly Monetary Policy Report (MPR) at the same time as the interest rate decision.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
• October 29, 2025

  Interest Rate Announcement and Monetary Policy Report

  09:45 (ET)
  On eight scheduled dates each year, the Bank of Canada announces the setting for the overnight rate target in a press release explaining the factors behind the decision. Four times a year, Governing Council presents the Monetary Policy Report: the Bank’s base-case projection for inflation and growth in the Canadian economy, and its assessment of risks.

  Content Type(s): Upcoming events
• October 20, 2025

  The Bank of Canada releases the third quarter issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations

  On Monday, October 20, 2025, the Bank of Canada will release the third quarter issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
• October 20, 2025

  Business Outlook Survey—Third Quarter of 2025

  Results from the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse reveal that firms’ outlooks and intentions remain subdued despite a gradual improvement in sentiment. Expectations for growth in domestic and export sales are still soft. Most firms do not plan to increase staffing, and investment intentions are restrained. While businesses continue to expect cost increases from tariffs and trade uncertainty, weak demand limits their ability to pass these costs through to prices. One-year-ahead inflation expectations remain below the peak reached earlier in the trade conflict.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• October 20, 2025

  Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Third Quarter of 2025

  Results of the third-quarter 2025 survey show that tariffs and trade tensions continue to affect consumers' perceptions about their financial health and spending plans. The CSCE indicator rose modestly from its most recent low, improved by slight gains in financial health and household spending intentions. But perceptions of labour market conditions deteriorated further, driven in part by a sharp drop in job-finding prospects for public sector workers. Consumers’ short-term inflation expectations remain above their pre-pandemic averages, and expectations for longer-term inflation have picked up again.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations
• October 20, 2025

  Release: Business Outlook Survey and Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations

  10:30 (ET)
  The Business Outlook Survey is a summary of interviews conducted by the Bank's regional offices with business leaders from about 100 firms, selected in accordance with the composition of Canada's gross domestic product. The Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations is a quarterly survey aimed at measuring household views of inflation, the labour market and household finances, as well as topical issues of interest to the Bank of Canada.

  Content Type(s): Upcoming events
• October 17, 2025

  Media roundtable with Governor Macklem

  As is customary, Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, held today a virtual roundtable with journalists from the sidelines of the IMF meetings in Washington, DC.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
• October 17, 2025

  Bank of Canada Media Interview – Le Matin du Nord

  Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle will speak to Eric Robitaille of Ici Radio-Canada Première’s Le Matin du Nord at around 7:20 a.m. (ET).

  Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
• October 16, 2025

  ECONDAT Fall 2025 Meeting – 7th Conference on Nontraditional Data, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing in Macroeconomics

  Conference to be held on October 15 and 16, 2025.

  Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops
• October 16, 2025

  Fireside Chat with Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada

  On Thursday, October 16, 2025, Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, will speak at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories