David Longworth - Latest

• February 17, 2010

  Bank of Canada Liquidity Facilities: Past, Present, and Future

  Remarks David Longworth C.D. Howe Institute Toronto, Ontario

  Thank you for inviting me here today. It is a pleasure to be with you. This afternoon, I would like to talk about liquidity and the role of the Bank of Canada.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• September 23, 2009

  Promoting Canada's economic and financial well-being

  Remarks David Longworth Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce Summerside, Prince Edward Island

  The Bank's mandate is to promote Canada's economic and financial well-being. Clearly, this is an important mandate, and we are determined to demonstrate excellence as we work to fulfill it.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• March 12, 2009

  Financial System Policy Responses to the Crisis

  Remarks David Longworth Financial Markets Association of Canada Toronto, Ontario

  With your professional interests in foreign exchange, money markets, capital markets, and derivatives, I'm sure the past year and a half has been exciting and interesting – if those are the right words. We've been living through a period of astonishing financial turbulence, historic marketplace losses, and serious threats to financial stability.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• August 26, 2008

  Work in Progress: The Bank of Canada's Response to the Financial Turbulence

  Remarks David Longworth Canadian Association for Business Economics Kingston, Ontario

  The financial turbulence over the past year has been costly and difficult for many individuals and financial institutions; it's been challenging for policy-makers; and it's had implications for the overall economy.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• April 10, 2008

  Credit Markets, Financial Stability, and Monetary Policy

  Remarks David Longworth Global Investment Conference Lake Louise, Alberta

  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.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• October 3, 2007

  Liquidity, Liquidity, Liquidity

  Remarks David Longworth Investment Industry Association of Canada Toronto, Ontario

  Sound financial investment is important to individuals, to firms, and to society as a whole. By definition, investment is forward looking, and thus our future financial well-being is shaped by the soundness of the investment decisions we make today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• February 6, 2007

  Promoting Stability, Confidence and Well-being

  Remarks David Longworth Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Waterloo, Ontario

  The strengths of the twin cities - in research, advanced manufacturing, and information technology, among other sectors - are well known. Less well known, perhaps, is the region's success in responding effectively to changes in the world economy.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• November 8, 2006

  The Canadian Economy and Financial Markets in Perspective

  Remarks David Longworth World Hedge Funds Summit Vaughan, Ontario

  The hedge fund industry has been growing so quickly that meetings like this one are welcome—they provide a chance to step back and look at context and trends. And that's what I propose to do this morning. Specifically, I'd like to speak about volatility in both the real economy and in financial markets and discuss how it has been affected by monetary policy and financial innovation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• May 5, 2006

  The Crucial Contribution of the Financial System and Monetary Policy to Economic Development

  Remarks David Longworth Conference of the Association des économistes québécois Montréal, Quebec

  Many analysts have examined the relationship between the financial system and economic development. They have uncovered some interesting facts regarding the characteristics of the financial system - characteristics that contribute to the best possible allocation of savings to productive investments, which are themselves engines of economic growth.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• November 20, 2004

  Monetary Policy and Uncertainty

  Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2004 David Longworth

  Remarks by David Longworth, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada to the Canadian Association for Business Economics

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles