News

• August 31, 2023

  Bank of Canada launches the 2024 Fellowship Program awards

  The Bank of Canada is inviting Canadian universities to nominate exceptional academics for its 2024 Fellowship and Governor’s awards.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements Source(s): Fellowship Program
• July 27, 2023

  Bank of Canada publishes its 2024 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and other major publications

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today published its 2024 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and the release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report. It also reconfirmed the scheduled interest rate announcement dates for the remainder of this year.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• July 26, 2023

  Summary of Governing Council deliberations: Fixed announcement date of July 12, 2023

  This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on July 12, 2023.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Summary of deliberations
• July 24, 2023

  Market Participants Survey—Second Quarter of 2023

  The Market Participants Survey results are based on questionnaire responses from about 30 financial market participants.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Market Participants Survey
• July 12, 2023

  Monetary Policy Report 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 and the MPR.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• July 12, 2023

  Bank of Canada raises policy rate 25 basis points, continues quantitative tightening

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 5%, with the Bank Rate at 5¼% and the deposit rate at 5%. The Bank is also continuing its policy of quantitative tightening.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• July 12, 2023

  Monetary Policy Report – July 2023

  

  Inflation in Canada and around the world has been coming down. The Bank projects that inflation will stay around 3% for the next year, returning to the 2% target by the middle of 2025.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• June 30, 2023

  Exploring global value and supply chains

  

  Patrick Alexander, Chris D'Souza, Yuko Imura, Lena Suchanek

  The things we buy come out of complex production chains that span the globe. Understanding these connections is crucial for today's economies.

  Content Type(s): Publications, The Economy, Plain and Simple Subject(s): Currency, Digital currency, Financial system, Financial markets, Fintech, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth
• June 30, 2023

  Canada’s regional economies

  

  David Amirault, Matthieu Verstraete, Sarah Miller

  Strength from diversity

  Content Type(s): Publications, The Economy, Plain and Simple Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth
• June 30, 2023

  Business Outlook Survey—Second Quarter of 2023

  Results from the Business Outlook Survey for the second quarter of 2023, along with those from the April, May and June 2023 Business Leaders’ Pulse surveys, suggest that capacity pressures remain elevated and expectations of significant price increases continue to be widespread. Firms anticipate that sales growth will begin to moderate from exceptionally high rates as signs of greater uncertainty emerge.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey