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September 27, 2012
Quarterly Bond Schedule and Adjustments to the Debt Strategy Plan for 2012-13
Today, the Quarterly Bond Schedule is being published on the Bank of Canada's website. In addition, adjustments are being announced to the debt strategy plan for 2012-13. -
September 27, 2012
Banking and Financial Statistics - September 2012
Erratum: A note to the tables for C1-10 was erroneously included on pg. S127 in the September 2012 publication of the Banking and Financial Statistics package. Although the note states that deposits of the chartered banks increased by $2.8 billion due to B2B Trust (a wholly owned subsidiary of Laurentian Bank) acquisition of AGF Trust, the actual data in the tables does not reflect this adjustment due to the timing of the BFS publication and the actual database updates. This note will be re-introduced in the October release of the BFS when August data is made available.
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September 25, 2012
Financing Commodities Markets
Deputy Governor Timothy Lane discusses links between the financial system and commodities markets. -
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September 7, 2012
Dutch Disease
Governor Mark Carney discusses the impact of high commodity prices for the Canadian economy. -
September 7, 2012
Elevated Commodity Prices “Unambiguously Good” for Canada, Says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney
The global commodities boom drives enormous benefits for Canada, including higher incomes and greater economic security, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said today in a speech to the 2012 Spruce Meadows Changing Fortunes: Global Economies Round Table. “Most fundamentally, higher commodity prices are unambiguously good for Canada,” Governor Carney told delegates. “The strength of […] -
September 5, 2012
Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent.