News

• February 11, 2013

  Financial Stability in One Country?

  Remarks Timothy Lane Weatherhead Center for International Affairs - Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts

  Deputy Governor Tim Lane discusses the cross-border implications of financial instability and financial reform.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• January 23, 2013

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Mark Carney Ottawa, Ontario

  Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• January 23, 2013

  Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• January 23, 2013

  Monetary Policy Report – January 2013

  

  Following an estimated 1.9 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 2.0 per cent in 2013 and 2.7 per cent in 2014, and to reach full capacity in the second half of 2014, later than anticipated in the October Report.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• January 14, 2013

  Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2012

  The survey results indicate that there was virtually no change in overall business-lending conditions during the fourth quarter of 2012, following several con­secutive quarters of easing in credit conditions.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• January 14, 2013

  Business Outlook Survey - Winter 2012-13

  While some forward-looking indicators have moved up, many firms cited concerns about demand over next year and pressures from increased competition.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• January 10, 2013

  Regearing Our Economic Growth

  Remarks Tiff Macklem Queen’s University - W. Edmund Clark Distinguished Lecture Kingston, Ontario

  Senior Deputy Governor Tiff Macklem discusses regearing the Canadian economy for sustained growth.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• December 11, 2012

  Guidance

  Remarks Mark Carney CFA Society Toronto Toronto, Ontario

  Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney speaks about central bank policy guidance.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• December 11, 2012

  Central Bank Policy Guidance May Be Most Useful in Extraordinary Times, Says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney

  Media Relations Toronto, Ontario

  While transparency is critical to well-functioning capital markets and effective monetary policy, forward policy guidance is best used sparingly by central banks  in normal times, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said today. In a speech to the Toronto CFA Society, the Governor discussed where policy guidance can be most effective and when it may […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• December 6, 2012

  Financial System Review - December 2012

  

  The Governing Council judges that the risks to the stability of Canada’s financial system remain high, as they were at the time of the June FSR. The sources of the key risks are similar to those highlighted in June, and emanate primarily from the external environment.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial Stability Report