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November 27, 2008
Fostering Financial System Stability
The Canadian financial system has fared relatively well through this crisis, thanks to effective regulation and prudent practices that have worked like sandbags to protect our financial system from the storms in today's global economy. -
November 10, 2008
The Quest for Confidence: 400 Years of Money – from La Nouvelle France to Canada Today
As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec, I thought it would be fitting for me, as a central banker, to take a look at how money has evolved over part of the past four centuries. -
November 20, 2007
Managing Risks to Financial System Stability
The recent dislocations in credit markets have brought these issues into sharp focus. Among other things, the market turbulence has highlighted the critical role that confidence and liquidity play in financial markets. -
August 27, 2007
The Bank of Canada's Research Agenda and the Future of Inflation Targeting
The last few weeks have been a time of turbulence in financial markets. In times such as these, it is common for people to focus on day-by-day or even hour-by-hour events, and to lose sight of the future. But tonight, I want to focus on the future; specifically, the future of inflation targeting in Canada. -
August 28, 2006
Productivity, Terms of Trade, and Economic Adjustment
The Bank of Canada is keenly interested in productivity - for a number of reasons. Productivity gains are a key determinant of growth in potential output and, hence, of Canada's sustainable pace of non-inflationary economic expansion. -
April 4, 2006
The Conduct of Monetary Policy: Dealing with Changes in the Terms of Trade
The ultimate goal of Canadian monetary policy is to help our economy achieve its maximum sustainable growth, and thus contribute to rising living standards for Canadians. The best way to achieve this goal, we've learned from experience, is to keep inflation low, stable, and predictable.