Press

• April 12, 2023

  Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision and the MPR.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• April 12, 2023

  Bank of Canada maintains policy rate, continues quantitative tightening

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 4½%, with the Bank Rate at 4¾% and the deposit rate at 4½%. The Bank is also continuing its policy of quantitative tightening.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 4, 2023

  Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry to leave the Bank of Canada

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada announced today that Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry will leave the Bank at the end of July 2023. Mr. Beaudry will return to his academic position at the University of British Columbia.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 31, 2023

  Release of the 2022 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report

  The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2022 Annual Report.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 29, 2023

  Speech: 21st National Bank Financial Services Conference

  

  

  Market liquidity measures taken during COVID — Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle speaks before the 21^st National Bank Financial Services Conference (12:45 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• March 29, 2023

  Lessons from our support of financial markets in tough times

  Speech summary Toni Gravelle National Bank Financial Services Conference Montréal, Quebec

  Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle talks about how the Bank of Canada supported markets during the COVID-19 pandemic and what we might do differently in the future. He also discusses recent turmoil in the banking system in the United States and overseas.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Research Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial markets, Financial stability, Lender of last resort, Recent economic and financial developments
• March 29, 2023

  The Bank of Canada’s market liquidity programs: Lessons from a pandemic

  Remarks Toni Gravelle National Bank Financial Services Conference Montréal, Quebec

  Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle speaks about market liquidity measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, and addresses recent turmoil in the US and international banking sectors.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Research Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial markets, Financial stability, Lender of last resort, Recent economic and financial developments
• March 28, 2023

  CARR publishes impact assessment checklist for market participants with CDOR exposure

  The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) today published an impact assessment checklist to help firms assess and mitigate their exposures to the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• March 20, 2023

  Bank of Canada announces the recipients of the 2023 Fellowship Program Awards

  Learn about the recipients of the Fellowship and Governor’s Awards for 2023.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements Source(s): Fellowship Program
• March 19, 2023

  Coordinated Central Bank Action to Enhance the Provision of U.S. Dollar Liquidity

  The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing a coordinated action to enhance the provision of liquidity via the standing U.S. dollar liquidity swap line arrangements.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements