Inflation targets
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January 30, 2020
How vulnerabilities like debt can affect interest rates
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. -
January 30, 2020
Monetary Policy and Financial Vulnerabilities
Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry discusses how financial vulnerabilities present a challenge for monetary policy. -
January 5, 2020
Monetary Policy Frameworks in a World of Low Interest Rates
Archived panel discussion hosted by the Bank for International Settlements at the American Economic Association’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Allied Social Science Associations. -
December 12, 2019
The Bank of Canada’s plans for 2020
In his traditional year-end speech, Governor Stephen S. Poloz described some of the long-term forces affecting the global and Canadian economies that will shape the Bank’s work in 2020. -
December 12, 2019
Big Issues Ahead: The Bank’s 2020 Vision
Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses how long-term global economic forces will drive the Bank of Canada’s work agenda in 2020 and beyond. -
September 5, 2019
Economic Progress Report: Inflation in Canada—Well Behaved and Well Controlled
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses the Bank’s latest interest rate announcement and the behaviour of inflation in Canada. -
September 5, 2019
Canadian economy resilient even as global outlook worsens
Speaking a day after we decided to hold interest rates steady, Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discussed the key points Governing Council considered in their decision. -
The Effects of Inflation Targeting for Financial Development
The adoption of inflation targeting (IT) by central banks leads to an increase of 10 to 20 percent in measures of financial development, with a lag. We also find evidence that the financial sector benefits of IT adoption were higher for early-adopting central banks. -
June 17, 2019
Flexible Exchange Rates, Commodity Prices and Price Stability
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri speaks before the Economics Society of Northern Alberta (ESNA).