May 5, 2022
Lawrence L. Schembri - Speeches
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May 5, 2022
Economic reconciliation: Supporting a return to Indigenous prosperity
Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses economic reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. -
November 29, 2021
The Indigenous economy in Canada: Partnering to promote
As part of a panel of central bankers, Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri speaks about economic reconciliation and why it is “completely consistent with the Bank’s mandate.” -
November 16, 2021
Labour market uncertainties and monetary policy
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri talks about changes to the labour market, and how the pandemic affected Canadian workers. He also discusses how the Bank is adapting labour market analysis tools to help guide monetary policy decisions that will support a more inclusive recovery. -
November 16, 2021
Measuring changes to the labour market
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses how the Canadian labour market has changed during the pandemic. He explains why better tools to measure the health of the job market will help the Bank of Canada set monetary policy that supports the recovery. -
March 11, 2021
COVID-19, savings and household spending
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri talks about the Bank’s latest interest rate announcement and discusses how COVID-19 has affected savings and the outlook household spending. -
March 11, 2021
Household consumption in a pandemic
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri talks about how COVID-19 has affected household saving and spending patterns and discusses the Bank’s decision yesterday to leave the policy rate unchanged. -
August 25, 2020
The gap between inflation perceptions and reality
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri talks about the difference between how Canadians perceive inflation and the actual measured rate, why this gap may exist, and what it could mean for monetary policy and the economy. -
August 25, 2020
Perceived inflation and reality: understanding the difference
In a virtual address to the Canadian Association for Business Economics, Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses the difference between how Canadians perceive inflation and the actual measured rate. He explains why that gap may exist and what it could mean for monetary policy and the economy. -
June 18, 2020
Spending patterns in a pandemic
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri explains how household spending has changed because of COVID-19 and discusses why the Bank expects the recovery to have two phases.