November 17, 2008 Changes in Minimum Bank of Canada Nominal Bond Purchases at Auctions In light of the effect on its balance sheet of the extraordinary transactions being undertaken to provide term liquidity, the Bank of Canada is adjusting its purchase of nominal bonds at auctions. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
May 1, 2019 Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Ontario Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Subject(s): Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation, Inflation targeting framework
December 21, 2017 Bank of Canada Announces a Reduction to the Minimum Amount of Government of Canada Nominal Bonds it Acquires at Auction The Bank of Canada announced today that it is decreasing its minimum purchase amount of nominal bonds at auctions to 13 per cent from the current 14 per cent level, effective immediately. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 19, 2013 Price Puzzles and the Exchange Rate Remarks John Murray Mount Allison University Sackville, New Brunswick In his speech, Price Puzzles and the Exchange Rate, Deputy Governor John Murray discusses the exchange rate pass-through and how it affects prices of goods and services in Canada. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
The Canadian Neutral Rate of Interest through the Lens of an Overlapping-Generations Model Staff discussion paper 2023-5 Martin Kuncl, Dmitry Matveev We use a small open economy model with overlapping generations to evaluate secular dynamics of the neutral rate in Canada from 1980 to 2018. We find that changes in both foreign and domestic factors resulted in a protracted decline in the neutral rate. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers JEL Code(s): E, E2, E21, E22, E4, E43, E5, E50, E52, E58, F, F4, F41 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Economic models, Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework and transmission, Structural challenges, Demographics and labour supply
November 19, 2008 Payments Economics: Theory and Policy Conference held on 19 and 20 November 2008 (papers in unedited, electronic format only) Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops
July 24, 2023 Market Participants Survey—Second Quarter of 2023 The Market Participants Survey results are based on questionnaire responses from about 30 financial market participants. Content Type(s): Publications, Market Participants Survey
Which Model to Forecast the Target Rate? Staff working paper 2017-60 Bruno Feunou, Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Jianjian Jin Specifications of the Federal Reserve target rate that have more realistic features mitigate in-sample over-fitting and are favored in the data. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): E, E4, E43 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Economic models, Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework and transmission, Real economy and forecasting
April 16, 2002 Bank of Canada raises overnight rate target by 1/4 percentage point to 2 1/4 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 2 1/4 per cent. The operating band for the overnight rate is correspondingly increased, and the Bank Rate is now 2 1/2 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases