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• April 20, 2010

  Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/4 per cent; removes conditional commitment

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/4 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• Prospects for Global Current Account Rebalancing

  Staff Discussion Paper 2010-4 Kimberly Beaton, Carlos De Resende, René Lalonde, Stephen Snudden

  The authors use the Bank of Canada's version of the Global Economy Model, a multi-country, multi-sector dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model with an active banking system (the BoC-GEM-FIN), to study the evolution of global current account balances following the recent global financial crisis.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Business fluctuations and cycles, International topics, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): E, E2, E21, F, F0, F01, F3, F32

• Le pouvoir de prévision des indices PMI

  Staff Discussion Paper 2010-3 Claudia Godbout, Jocelyn Jacob

  The forecast of world economic growth plays a key role in the conduct of Canadian monetary policy. In this context, the authors study the usefulness of the monthly Purchasing Managers’ Indexes (PMIs) in predicting short-term real GDP growth in the euro area, Japan, the United Kingdom, and China, as well as in the world economy.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, International topics JEL Code(s): E, E3, E37, F, F4, F47
• April 16, 2010

  Senior Loan Officer Survey - First-Quarter 2010

  The survey results point to an overall easing in business-lending conditions during the first quarter of 2010, following a stabilization of lending conditions in the last quarter of 2009. Both the price and non-price aspects of business lending eased during the first quarter.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• April 12, 2010

  Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2010

  On balance, firms expect sales growth to pick up over the next 12 months, and plan to increase investment spending and employment. Their investment plans are increasingly being targeted at expansion and at improving efficiency to promote future growth.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• April 12, 2010

  Results of the 12 April 2010 Term PRA Transaction

  The results of today's term PRA operations.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 9, 2010

  Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Operation

  In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 19 January (see schedule), the Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a term PRA operation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 9, 2010

  Spring 2010 Debt Management Strategy Consultations - Views Sought on Issues Relating to the Government's Domestic Debt Program

  The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking the views of government securities distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on issues relating to the management of the cash flow profile of Government of Canada securities over the medium term, and demand for long term bonds (nominal and Real Return).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 7, 2010

  Banking on a Better System: Lessons from Canada

  Presentation John Murray American University Washington, D.C.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
• March 31, 2010

  The Bank of Canada Releases Its Annual Report for 2009

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada's Annual Report for 2009 was tabled in the House of Commons today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases