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    Monetary Policy Report – October 2019

    The Bank projects that Canadian economy will grow by 1.5 percent this year, 1.7 percent in 2020 and 1.8 percent in 2021.

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    Seeing the Big Picture with 2020 Vision - Stephen S. Poloz, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks before the Empire Club of Canada. (12:55 (Eastern Time) approx.)

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Financial System

A stable and efficient financial system is essential for sustained economic growth and rising living standards.

The Bank of Canada promotes the economic and financial welfare of Canada by fostering a stable and efficient financial system, which includes banks and credit unions, the financial markets, and clearing and settlement systems. The Bank does this by:

  • providing central banking services, including liquidity and lender-of-last-resort facilities;
  • overseeing and acting as the resolution authority for critical financial market infrastructures;
  • conducting and publishing analyses and research; and
  • helping to develop and implement policy.

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Promoting a stable and efficient financial system.

Provision of Liquidity to the Financial System

The Bank of Canada is the ultimate source of liquid funds to the financial system, and serves as the system’s “lender of last resort.” The deployment of its routine and emergency liquidity tools are guided by the Bank’s framework for market operations and liquidity provision.

Oversight and Resolution of Financial Market Infrastructures

Under the authority of Canada’s Payment Clearing and Settlement Act, the Bank conducts regulatory oversight of and acts as the resolution authority for designated financial market infrastructures (FMIs). These include systemically important payment systems and clearing and settlement systems. Oversight is conducted according to the Bank of Canada’s Risk-Management Standards for Designated FMIs.

Assessing Financial Stability

Bank staff conduct analysis and research to identify and mitigate systemic risks that might impair the functioning of the financial system. The results are published once a year in the Financial System Review.

Financial System Committees

The Bank of Canada collaborates with federal, provincial and international authorities as well as industry to achieve its financial system goals.

Financial System Research Centre

The FSRC promotes financial system research in Canada to inform policy and improve the economic and financial well-being of Canadians.

Retail Payments Oversight

As announced in the Budget 2019, the federal government proposes to introduce legislation to implement a new retail payments oversight framework. Under the proposed framework, the Bank of Canada would oversee payment service providers’ compliance with operational and financial requirements and maintain a public registry of regulated payment service providers.

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