April 16, 2025 Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario Governor Tiff Macklem discusses the Monetary Policy Report and the key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the monetary policy decision. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
April 16, 2025 Bank of Canada interest rate announcement and release of the Monetary Policy Report On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, the Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. A press release will provide a brief explanation of the decision. The Bank will also publish its quarterly Monetary Policy Report (MPR) at the same time as the rate decision. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
April 7, 2025 The Bank of Canada releases the first quarter issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations On Monday, April 7, 2025, the Bank of Canada will release the first quarter issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
March 26, 2025 Release of the Bank of Canada’s summary of deliberations On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the Bank of Canada will publish a summary of the deliberations that took place ahead of its interest rate decision on March 12, 2025. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
March 20, 2025 Speech by Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, will speak before Calgary Economic Development. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
March 20, 2025 Navigating tariff uncertainty Remarks Tiff Macklem Calgary Economic Development Calgary, Alberta Governor Tiff Macklem discusses how the US trade conflict and uncertainty is hurting business and consumer confidence. He also outlines what the Bank is doing to ensure the trade conflict doesn’t cause widespread or persistent inflation. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation, Inflation targeting framework
March 20, 2025 Tariffs and trade uncertainty are hurting the Canadian economy Speech summary Tiff Macklem Calgary Economic Development Calgary, Alberta Governor Tiff Macklem discusses how uncertainty about the trade war with the United States has shaken businesses and consumer confidence. He also reiterates that the Bank of Canada must ensure that high prices from tariffs do not lead to ongoing inflation. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation
March 19, 2025 Bank of Canada to publish additional metrics to enhance CORRA transparency Beginning on March 19, 2025, the Bank of Canada will publish the weighted average mean and mode of the daily Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) distribution alongside the existing CORRA benchmark rate, which is based on the median. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices