October 16, 1998 Bank Rate Lowered by ¼ Percentage Point to 5½ Per Cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today lowered its Bank Rate by ¼ of one percentage point to 5½ per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
October 15, 1998 The Canadian Experience with Targets for Inflation Control Remarks Gordon Thiessen Queen's University Kingston, Ontario As an economist who worked as a banker for most of his career, Douglas Gibson brought an interesting perspective to public policy issues, to the relationship between government and business, and to the contribution of outside economists to government policies. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
September 29, 1998 Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity in Canada Robert Ogrodnick Ottawa, Ontario Summary results of a survey of Canadian foreign exchange and derivatives markets are now available. The survey was conducted by the Bank of Canada in April 1998 and covered activity in the foreign exchange and derivatives markets. Similar surveys were undertaken by about 40 other countries during the same month, and the central banks of many of those countries are also releasing their results today. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
September 29, 1998 Bank Rate Lowered by ¼ Percentage Point to 5¾ Per Cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today lowered its Bank Rate by ¼ of one percentage point to 5¾ per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
September 28, 1998 Changes to Government of Canada auction process to take effect 14 October 1998 Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario On behalf of the Minister of Finance, the Bank of Canada announced today that "Revised rules pertaining to auctions of Government of Canada securities and the Bank of Canada's surveillance of the auction process," released 11 August 1998, will take effect on 14 October 1998. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
September 23, 1998 Global uncertainties and the Canadian economy Remarks Gordon Thiessen St. John's Board of Trade St. John's, Newfoundland This past year, we have had to deal with the implications for our economy and our currency of increased global uncertainty and pressures arising from the problems that originated in Southeast Asia. I am sure that the effects of these developments, especially on primary commodities, such as oil and nickel, are already very familiar to Newfoundlanders. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
September 23, 1998 Bank of Canada Governor Addresses St. John's Board of Trade Media Relations St. John's, Newfoundland Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen today reviewed international economic and financial developments and their implications for Canada. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
September 2, 1998 Renegotiation of Standby Credit Facility Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario On behalf of the Minister of Finance, it was announced today that Canada has renegotiated its existing U.S.$6.0 billion standby credit facility with international banks. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
August 27, 1998 Bank Rate Raised by 1 Percentage Point Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today raised its Bank Rate by one percentage point to 6 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
June 11, 1998 The outlook for the Canadian economy and monetary policy Remarks Bernard Bonin The Canadian Association of Financial Planners Québec, Québec In mid-May we published our semi-annual Report on monetary policy, covering data up to April 24th. That means we now have new data available for the last two months. Furthermore, our report also pointed to a much greater-than-usual degree of uncertainty about the outlook for the Canadian economy. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks