Posts

• September 16, 2010

  Implementing Monetary Policy in the Large Value Transfer System Environment

  Discussion papers, setting out a proposed framework for implementing monetary policy in the LVTS environment, were published before the final report was issued in January 1999.
• September 15, 2010

  Promoting Canada's Economic and Financial Well-being in an Uncertain World

  Presentation Timothy Lane St. John’s Board of Trade St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
• September 14, 2010

  Commemorative notes

  

  Since issuing its first series of bank notes in 1935, the Bank of Canada has issued four commemorative bank notes. Each commemorative note marks an important milestone for the reigning monarch or a defining moment in Canadian history.
• September 14, 2010

  Bundesbank Lecture 2010: The Economic Consequences of the Reforms

  Remarks Mark Carney Deutsche Bundesbank Berlin, Germany

  Keynes wrote prophetically of the economic consequences of the Treaty of Versailles. Could the same be said of current financial reforms? Are policy-makers taking for granted the essential role performed by finance in a vain pursuit of its risk-proofing?

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• September 14, 2010

  Economic Case for Global Financial Sector Reform Compelling, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney Says

  Media Relations Berlin, Germany

  The economic case for global financial sector reform is compelling, and the basic stakes are enormous, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney argued today in Berlin in a lecture that focused on the costs and benefits of reform. "Without credible, coordinated financial reforms, we risk losing the open trading and financial system that has underpinned the economic miracle of recent times," he said.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• September 13, 2010

  1937 series

  

  The creation of a second series of bank notes, only two years after the first, was prompted by changes in Canadian government legislation that required the Bank of Canada to produce bilingual bank notes.
• September 10, 2010

  1935 series

  

  The Bank of Canada was founded in 1934 and given responsibility, through an Act of Parliament, to regulate the country's money supply and to "promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada."
• September 10, 2010

  Restoring Faith in the International Monetary System

  Remarks Mark Carney Spruce Meadows Changing Fortunes Round Table Calgary, Alberta

  We are three years into the global financial crisis, and its dynamics still dominate the economic outlook. In particular, broad forces of bank, household, and sovereign deleveraging can be expected to add to the variability and temper the pace of global economic growth in the years ahead.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• September 10, 2010

  Renewed faith in the international monetary system is essential for G20 success, says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney

  Media Relations Calgary, Alberta

  Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney today urged the world's leading nations to ensure that their domestic policies are consistent with the G-20 framework for strong, sustainable, and balanced growth and to support the G-20 financial system reforms.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• September 8, 2010

  Bank Note Redemption Service

  Redeem Canadian bank notes that are mutilated, contaminated or no longer legal tender.