January 19, 2026 What is gross domestic product? Gross domestic product (GDP) is a measure of a country’s total economic output—the total value of all goods and services produced within that country—usually over the course of one year. Content Type(s): Explainers
April 16, 2025 Monetary Policy Report—April 2025—Overview The Canadian economy ended 2024 strong. However, the escalating trade conflict is diminishing growth prospects. While tariffs are expected to increase price pressures, removing the consumer carbon tax has lowered energy prices. The unpredictability of US trade policy, and the speed and magnitude of the shifts, are making the economic outlook very uncertain.
July 30, 2025 Monetary Policy Report—July 2025—Overview US tariffs are significantly higher than they were at the start of 2025, and US trade policy remains unpredictable. Inflation is near 2%, although underlying price pressures have picked up. With uncertainty about US trade policy still high, the outlook for the Canadian economy remains clouded.
April 16, 2025 Monetary Policy Report—April 2025—Risks Given the unprecedented shift in the direction of US trade policy, there is considerable uncertainty about how tariffs could impact the economy. The degree to which prices will rise and economic activity will weaken is unclear.
April 29, 2026 Monetary Policy Report—April 2026—Overview Before the outbreak of the war in the Middle East, the Canadian economy was evolving as expected. Since the war began, oil prices have risen, pushing inflation up, and the outlook has become more uncertain.
May 24, 2002 Convocation address Remarks David Dodge Graduating class of the Faculty of Engineering Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Queen's motto is Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas, which we generally translate as "Wisdom and knowledge shall be the strength of thy times." This motto is especially pertinent to you as engineers graduating today. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
February 6, 2019 Taking Precautions: The Canadian Approach to Foreign Reserves Management Remarks Timothy Lane Peterson Institute for International Economics Washington, D.C. Deputy Governor Timothy Lane discusses how Canada manages its foreign exchange reserves. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Subject(s): Financial system, Financial markets, Financial stability, Funds management
January 16, 2025 Back to normal for the balance sheet Speech summary Toni Gravelle VersaFi (formerly Women in Capital Markets) Toronto, Ontario Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle provides an update on when quantitative tightening will end and explains how the Bank of Canada will manage its balance sheet going forward. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Subject(s): Financial system, Financial markets, Financial stability, Funds management
The Government of Canada Debt Securities Data Set Technical report No. 112 Jeffrey Gao, Francisco Rivadeneyra, Gabriel Rodriguez Rondon We present the daily time series of the outstanding amounts of all Government of Canada marketable debt securities from July 2001 to June 2017. Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports JEL Code(s): C, C8, C80, G, G1, G10, H, H6, H63 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Funds management, Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods
Best Before? Expiring Central Bank Digital Currency and Loss Recovery Staff working paper 2021-67 Charles M. Kahn, Maarten van Oordt, Yu Zhu We consider introducing an expiry date for offline digital currency balances. Consumers whose digital cash expired would automatically receive the funds back into their online account. This functionality could increase demand for digital cash, with the time to expiry playing a key role. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42 Research Theme(s): Money and payments, Digital assets and fintech, Payment and financial market infrastructures