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• October 21, 2015

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz, Carolyn A. Wilkins Ottawa, Ontario

  Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Research Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Potential output, Recent economic and financial developments, Regional economic developments
• October 21, 2015

  Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• October 21, 2015

  Monetary Policy Report – October 2015

  

  Canada’s economy is expected to grow by 1.1 per cent this year before accelerating to 2.0 per cent in 2016 and 2.5 per cent in 2017.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report

• An Update - Canadian Non-Energy Exports: Past Performance and Future Prospects

  Staff Discussion Paper 2015-10 André Binette, Daniel de Munnik, Julie Melanson

  In light of the fact that Canada was continuing to lose market share in the United States, Binette, de Munnik and Gouin-Bonenfant (2014) studied 31 Canadian non-energy export (NEX) categories to assess their individual performance.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Exchange rates, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F4, F43

• Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Consumer Prices: Theory and Recent Evidence

  Staff Discussion Paper 2015-9 Laurence Savoie-Chabot, Mikael Khan

  In an open economy such as Canada’s, exchange rate movements can have a material impact on consumer prices. This is particularly important in the current context, with the significant depreciation of the Canadian dollar vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar since late 2012.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Exchange rates, Inflation and prices JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, E5, E52, F, F3, F31
• October 16, 2015

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 16 October 2015

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• October 13, 2015

  Results of the 28-day 13 October 2015 Term Repo Operation

  Results of today's term repo operation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• October 13, 2015

  Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation

  The minimum bid rate for today's 28-day Term Repo operation is 0.49%.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• October 12, 2015

  Bank of Canada Focusing Research on Integrating Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, says Governor Poloz

  Media Relations Washington, D.C.

  The Bank of Canada is exploring the links between financial stability considerations and traditional central bank approaches to inflation targeting as part of its risk-management approach to achieving its monetary policy goals, Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today. As the Bank of Canada works toward renewing its inflation-targeting agreement with the federal government next year, […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• October 12, 2015

  Integrating Financial Stability into Monetary Policy

  Remarks Stephen S. Poloz National Association for Business Economics Washington, D.C.

  Governor Poloz speaks about the Bank’s research agenda and how it supports efforts to integrate financial stability concerns into monetary policy.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Research Topic(s): Central bank research, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, International topics, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Monetary policy framework