October 1, 2026 The complexity of housing affordability Speech summary Carolyn Rogers Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and CFA Society Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers talks about housing affordability and why it is so difficult to fix, explaining that housing has become about more than just a place to live. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation, Inflation targeting framework
October 1, 2026 Prima: The Bank of Canada’s model for projection and policy analysis Inflation pressures can emerge from a variety of sources and evolve in different ways. Prima is a model for assessing those pressures. It builds on the economic foundations of previous models while adding a richer view of conditions in individual sectors.
Prima: The Bank of Canada’s New Projection and Policy-Analysis Model—An Overview Staff analytical paper 2026-47 Donald Coletti, Martin Kuncl, Martin Harding, Dmitry Matveev, Tolga Özden, Yang Zhang Prima is the Bank of Canada’s new model for projection and policy analysis. It builds on the economic foundations of earlier Bank models, adding detail on how sectoral pressures affect production costs and their pass-through to consumer prices. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical paper JEL Code(s): C, C4, C43, C8, C82, E, E3, E30, E31, E37 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods, Monetary policy, Inflation dynamics and pressures, Real economy and forecasting
Sector-based producer price indexes: New measures of producer price pressures in Canada Staff analytical paper 2026-46 Yena Joo, Ali Rouhghalandari, Vivian Chu, Xin Ha Producer price indexes measure changes in the prices that producers receive for their outputs or that they pay for their inputs. Statistics Canada publishes a range of producer price indexes for specific products and industries. For the first time, these series have been combined into a small set of broad sectoral measures. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical paper JEL Code(s): C, C4, C43, C8, C82, E, E3, E30, E31, E37 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods, Economic models, Monetary policy, Inflation dynamics and pressures, Real economy and forecasting
October 1, 2026 Speech: Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce – CFA Society Victoria Victoria, BC Content Type(s): Upcoming events
September 30, 2026 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation National holiday Content Type(s): Upcoming events
What happens after Governing Council sets the policy interest rate: Inside the implementation framework that makes monetary policy work Staff analytical paper 2026-45 Kaetlynd McRae Setting the target rate is the most visible part of monetary policy, but the monetary policy implementation framework is what helps ensure that decision is reflected in financial markets. Through the design and use of its tools and facilities, the Bank of Canada helps keep short-term market interest rates close to the policy target, while preserving incentives for market participants to trade and actively manage liquidity. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical paper JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42, E5, E51, E52, E58 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Funds management, Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework and transmission, Monetary policy tools and implementation, Money and payments, Payment and financial market infrastructures