May 9, 2024
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May 2, 2024
Annual Report 2023
The Annual Report outlines the Bank’s activities and achievements in 2023. It includes the financial statements and a message from Governor Tiff Macklem. -
April 10, 2024
Monetary Policy Report – April 2024
Monetary policy is working to reduce inflationary pressures and inflation is coming down, although it will take more time to see if this progress proves durable. The Bank projects that inflation will stay around 3% into the second quarter of 2024, ease below 2.5% in the second half of the year and return to target in 2025. -
April 1, 2024
Business Outlook Survey—First Quarter of 2024
Business sentiment and sales growth expectations have stopped falling, according to firms responding to the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse. But demand remains subdued, which is allowing price pressures and the labour market to ease. As a result, fewer firms than in the previous survey are planning unusually large or frequent price increases over the next 12 months. -
January 24, 2024
Monetary Policy Report – January 2024
Interest rates are working to moderate spending and inflation is easing gradually, though underlying pressures are proving persistent. The Bank projects that inflation will stay around 3% through the first half of 2024, returning to target in 2025. -
January 15, 2024
Business Outlook Survey—Fourth Quarter of 2023
Results from the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse show that with high interest rates and soft demand, firms’ sales growth has slowed over the past 12 months. Firms are less optimistic about current business conditions than they were last quarter, but they expect their sales growth to stabilize in the coming year. With competition returning and demand remaining soft, businesses’ pricing behaviour is slowly returning to normal. -
November 17, 2023
Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2023
Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2023 - For the period ended September 30, 2023 -
October 25, 2023
Monetary Policy Report – October 2023
Higher interest rates are working to ease price pressures in Canada and inflation is coming down, though progress to the 2% target is slow. The Bank projects that inflation will stay around 3½% until the middle of 2024, returning to target in 2025. -
October 16, 2023
Business Outlook Survey—Third Quarter of 2023
Results from the Business Outlook Survey for the third quarter of 2023, along with those from the July, August and September 2023 Business Leaders’ Pulse surveys suggest that on balance, firms are still planning to make larger and more frequent price increases than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, businesses' outlook for demand has continued to weaken as higher interest rates impact the economy. -
August 25, 2023
Quarterly Financial Report - Second Quarter 2023
Quarterly Financial Report - Second Quarter 2023 - For the period ended June 30, 2023