June 5, 2024 Bank of Canada Media Interview – TVA Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, gave an interview to TVA Nouvelles’ Olivier Ferron-Boissé. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
June 5, 2024 Bank of Canada reduces policy rate by 25 basis points Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¾%, with the Bank Rate at 5% and the deposit rate at 4¾%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
June 5, 2024 Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. A press release will provide a brief explanation of the decision. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
June 5, 2024 Interest Rate Announcement 09:45 (ET) On eight scheduled dates each year, the Bank of Canada announces the setting for the overnight rate target in a press release explaining the factors behind the decision. Content Type(s): Upcoming events
June 5, 2024 Monetary Policy Decision Press Conference Opening Statement Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
May 30, 2024 Speech by Ron Morrow, Executive Director of Payments, Supervision and Oversight at the Bank of Canada On Thursday, May 30, 2024, Ron Morrow, Executive Director of Payments, Supervision and Oversight at the Bank of Canada, will speak at The Payments Canada SUMMIT. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
May 30, 2024 Future-proofing our payments systems Speech summary Ron Morrow Payments Canada SUMMIT Toronto, Ontario Executive Director of Payments, Supervision and Oversight Ron Morrow talks about how payments have evolved in Canada and why it’s important to modernize our payment infrastructure. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Topic(s): Bank notes, Digital currencies and fintech, Payment clearing and settlement systems, Retail payments supervision
May 30, 2024 Laying bare the evolution of payments in Canada Remarks Ron Morrow Payments Canada SUMMIT Toronto, Ontario Ron Morrow, Executive Director of Payments, Supervision and Oversight, talks about the evolution of payments in Canada, as well as the Bank’s new supervisory role for payment service providers. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Bank notes, Digital currencies and fintech, Payment clearing and settlement systems, Retail payments supervision
Markups and Inflation in Oligopolistic Markets: Evidence from Wholesale Price Data Staff Working Paper 2024-20 Patrick Alexander, Lu Han, Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Ben Tomlin We study how the interaction of market power and nominal price rigidity influences inflation dynamics. We find that pass-through declines with price stickiness when markets are concentrated, which implies a lower slope of the New Keynesian Phillips curve. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Firm dynamics, Inflation and prices, Market structure and pricing, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): D, D4, D43, E, E3, E31, L, L1, L13, L8, L81