January 7, 2016
Life After Liftoff: Divergence and U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization
Governor Poloz talks about the global commodity price shock and how it is leading to economic and financial divergence.
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January 7, 2016
Expect policy divergence as economies adjust to shocks, Governor Poloz says
Diverging monetary policies are the natural consequence of large declines in resource prices and should be expected, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said in a speech today at the Mayor’s Breakfast Series in Ottawa. Last month’s interest rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve is the first step in a long process toward […]
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December 15, 2015
Release of the Financial System Review
Press conference following the release of the Financial System Review.
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December 15, 2015
Bank of Canada says housing vulnerabilities have edged higher, but financial system remains resilient
Vulnerabilities in the housing sector have edged higher, the Bank of Canada said today in its Financial System Review (FSR), while the overall level of risk to Canada’s financial system has remained roughly unchanged since June. The Bank continues to identify two key vulnerabilities related to the Canadian household sector: the elevated level of household […]
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December 15, 2015
Financial System Review - December 2015
The Reports section of the Financial System Review examines selected issues of relevance to the Canadian and global financial systems. The December 2015 issue features two reports on significant developments in the financial system related to household finances: the importance of residential mortgage securitization for Canadian housing finance and the changing patterns of indebtedness of Canadian households.
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Financial Stability Report