June 18, 2009
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April 1, 2009
Sound Policy Measures will Rebuild Confidence, Guide Economies Through Challenging Times, says Governor Carney
Although the global and Canadian economies are in recessions triggered by the most severe financial meltdown since the 1930s, Canadians can have confidence that unprecedented policy measures will restore growth, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said today.
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April 1, 2009
Rebuilding Confidence in the Global Economy
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Mark Carney
Northwest Territories Chamber of Commerce and Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
These are very challenging times. The Canadian economy is in recession. The global economy is facing a crisis of confidence, triggered by the most severe financial meltdown since the Great Depression; fanned by sharp falls in trade, manufacturing output, and financial wealth; and intensified by steep increases in unemployment.
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March 30, 2009
Canada Offers Important Perspective as G-20 Leaders Pursue Critical Financial Reforms: Governor Carney
As Canadian and international policy-makers work to create a more stable, efficient global financial system, Canada has much to offer from its own experience, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said today.
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March 30, 2009
What Are Banks Really For?
Across the world's major economies, addressing the failures of banking ranks among the highest policy priorities. In the harsh glare of the current financial turmoil, it is clear that many banks outside of Canada were either not doing their jobs or were doing them in ways that created enormous risks.
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June 23, 2008
Real Estate, Mortgage Markets, and Monetary Policy
For many Canadians, one of the most important investments they'll make is the purchase of a house. And for you as financial market professionals, the links between the housing market and financial markets have important consequences.
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June 19, 2008
Governor Carney Discusses the Role of Monetary Policy in the Face of the Commodities Boom
The best contribution that the Bank of Canada can make to help all Canadians reap the benefits of the current commodities boom is to remain focused on achieving its inflation target, Governor Mark Carney said today in a speech to the Commodities, the Economy, and Money conference.
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June 19, 2008
Capitalizing on the Commodity Boom: the Role of Monetary Policy
We are experiencing a commodity super cycle. Throughout the current boom, the scale of price increases has been higher, and the range of affected commodities broader, than in previous upturns. Since 2002, grain and oilseed prices have more than doubled, base metals prices have tripled, and oil prices have quadrupled.
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April 10, 2008
Credit Markets, Financial Stability, and Monetary Policy
Today, I'd like to discuss some of the crucial issues that we have been dealing with during this period. I'll begin with a brief overview of some key events that have led to the turbulence that continues to upset financial markets and that greatly contributed to the remarkably wide credit spreads that we now witness.
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June 21, 2007
Global Integration, Monetary Policy, and the International Monetary System
Now, Manitoba – right in the middle of our vast country – might seem an odd place to talk about globalization. But this province, like the rest of Canada, is very much affected by global economic forces.
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