Press releases

The Bank of Canada is putting innovative thinking at the heart of its corporate strategy through an ambitious research agenda and initiatives to engage people outside the Bank, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins said today. “Confident as we are in how we do things now, the Bank keeps its eyes on the future,” she said […]

The Bank of Canada announced today that Deputy Governor Agathe Côté will retire at the end of January 2016.

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.

The Bank of Canada is taking a risk-management approach to integrating financial stability concerns into monetary policy, Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today. In a speech to the meeting of the Institute of International Finance in Lima, Peru, the Governor said financial stability issues add a new dimension of risk to the many uncertainties that […]

The Bank of Canada is calling for nominations under its Fellowship Program for 2016. This program fosters excellence in economic and financial research in Canada, and develops partnerships with experts outside of the Bank.

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.

The Bank of Canada today published its 2016 schedule of the key dates for policy interest rate announcements and release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report, and it reconfirmed the scheduled announcement dates for the remainder of this year.

The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent.

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

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