August 7, 2024
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August 2, 2024
The Market Participants Survey results are based on questionnaire responses from about 30 financial market participants.
Market Participants Survey—Second Quarter of 2024
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Market Participants Survey
July 24, 2024
Monetary policy is working to reduce price pressures in the Canadian economy. Core inflation is expected to ease gradually, while the path of CPI inflation will be bumpy. Inflation returns sustainably to the 2% target in the second half of 2025.
Monetary Policy Report—July 2024
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Monetary Policy Report
July 24, 2024
Monetary policy is working to reduce price pressures in the Canadian economy. Core inflation is expected to ease gradually, while the path of CPI inflation will be bumpy.
Monetary Policy Report—July 2024
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Monetary Policy Report
July 15, 2024
Results from the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse continue to signal weak demand, which is weighing on investment and hiring plans. While few firms are planning layoffs, labour markets are widely seen as continuing to soften. Although they remain above average, wage and inflation expectations are easing. Most firms that made abnormally large price increases in the past 12 months do not plan to do so again in the coming year.
Business Outlook Survey—Second Quarter of 2024
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Business Outlook Survey
July 15, 2024
Consumers’ perceptions of inflation are unchanged from a quarter ago, but their expectations for near-term inflation declined significantly. While both measures have improved substantially in recent quarters, they remain higher than they were before the COVID‑19 pandemic. Most consumers continue to think that domestic factors are contributing to high inflation. Sentiment remains subdued and unchanged from last quarter, as high inflation and elevated interest rates continue to constrain people’s budgets. Perceived financial stress remains high, most consumers continue to report spending cuts, and pessimism about future economic conditions persists. Canadians’ perceptions of the labour market have weakened this quarter, especially among private sector employees. Yet overall wage growth expectations reached a new survey high, driven by public sector employees.
Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Second Quarter of 2024
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Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations
July 9, 2024
Weather, energy prices, and labour and import costs all contribute to higher grocery prices
What drives up the price of groceries
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The Economy, Plain and Simple
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Exchange rates,
Inflation and prices,
Inflation targets,
Labour markets
June 26, 2024
Labour force participation tells us how many people are active in the labour market and how many have dropped out of it. It is just one piece of a larger puzzle, but it is essential to understanding what is happening in the labour market overall.
What labour force participation tells us about the economy
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The Economy, Plain and Simple
June 19, 2024
This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on June 5, 2024.
Summary of Governing Council deliberations: Fixed announcement date of June 5, 2024
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Summary of deliberations
June 19, 2024
What you pay for at the pump
Several factors help set gasoline prices: the costs of crude oil, refining, transporting, retailing and marketing gas, as well as taxes.
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The Economy, Plain and Simple
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Exchange rates,
Inflation and prices,
Market structure and pricing