Backgrounders

• May 31, 2013 Productivity

  Defines this important economic concept, describes different measures of productivity, explains how productivity affects living standards, and summarizes the reasons behind Canada’s disappointing productivity record.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Productivity

• May 31, 2013 Inflation-Control Target

  Explains Canada’s inflation-control target and its benefits.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Inflation and Prices

• May 31, 2013 Benefits of Low Inflation

  Outlines the costs of high inflation and the benefits of low inflation.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Inflation and Prices

• May 6, 2013 Measurement Bias in the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI)

  Describes possible sources of bias in the CPI, and explains why changes in this indicator may not always provide an accurate measure of actual changes in the cost of living.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Inflation and Prices

• April 8, 2013 Seigniorage

  Defines seigniorage as the revenue earned from the issue of new money and explains it in the Canadian context.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Money

• September 28, 2012 Bank Rate

  Explains what the Bank Rate is and its relationship to the target for the overnight rate.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Monetary Policy

• July 30, 2012 What is Money?

  Defines money, Outlines its main functions and explains why confidence in money is essential for it to serve those functions.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Money

• May 29, 2012 Output Gap

  Defines this key economic indicator and explains its importance for monetary policy.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Productivity

• May 29, 2012 Canada's Money Supply

  Describes the main measures of Canada’s money supply, explains how interest rates affect the growth of the supply of money and Explains why the Bank monitors this growth.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Money

• May 29, 2012 Lending Rates

  Outlines the factors that affect interest rates for commercial loans.

  Content Type(s): Backgrounders, Monetary Policy