November 7, 2001 Bank of Canada releases semi-annual Monetary Policy Report Media Relations The Bank of Canada today released its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report in which it discusses economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
January 29, 2025 Bank of Canada provides operational details for restarting asset purchases to end quantitative tightening Today, the Bank of Canada is announcing its plan to complete its balance sheet normalization, ending quantitative tightening. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Term repo operations
March 27, 2020 Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target to ¼ percent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today lowered its target for the overnight rate by 50 basis points to ¼ percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly ½ percent and the deposit rate is ¼ percent. This unscheduled rate decision brings the policy rate to its effective lower bound and is intended to provide support to the Canadian financial system and the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
January 30, 2020 How vulnerabilities like debt can affect interest rates Speech summary Paul Beaudry Laval University Québec, Québec Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry explains to students at Laval University why financial vulnerabilities—such as household debt—are important for the Bank of Canada when it sets interest rates. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation
April 14, 2010 About us The Bank of Canada is Canada’s central bank. In operation since 1935, we play a vital role in promoting our country’s economic and financial welfare.
November 23, 2015 Process for selecting a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada Further to the 26 October 2015 announcement that Deputy Governor Agathe Côté will retire at the end of January 2016, the process to appoint her successor has been initiated. The Board of Directors has formed a selection committee to conduct the search and selection process, with the assistance of global executive recruiting firm Boyden. Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
February 4, 2010 Signs of Thaw in Corporate Attitudes Emerging, Says Governor Carney Media Relations Winnipeg, Manitoba With improvements in financial conditions, economic activity, commodity prices, and confidence, the Bank of Canada anticipates that there will be a relatively modest recovery this year in business fixed investment in Canada, and an acceleration of investment spending in 2011. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
November 1, 1999 Money, Monetary Policy, and Transmission Mechanisms Proceedings of a conference held by the Bank of Canada, November 1999 (proceedings volume, available in electronic format only) Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops
May 15, 2020 Release of the 2019 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2019 Annual Report (the Report) on its oversight of payment clearing and settlement systems, which are also known as financial market infrastructures (FMIs). Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
May 11, 2017 Unconventional Monetary Policy: The Perspective of a Small Open Economy Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2017 Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Lena Suchanek, Jing Yang How do unconventional monetary policies like quantitative easing and negative interest rates affect domestic financial conditions and the broader economy in small open econo-mies, such as Canada? These policies are effective in depreciating the exchange rate in small open economies, while lower interest rates are also passed through to the economy, albeit only partially. When conventional monetary policy is close to its limits, fiscal policy may be a more important complement to monetary policy in a small economy, particularly if global demand for safe assets compresses long-term interest rates. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, E58, E6, E61, E65