March 27, 2018
Press, Market notices, Press releases
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March 26, 2018
The Bank of Canada releases its Annual Report for 2017
The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report for 2017 was tabled in the House of Commons today. -
March 23, 2018
Bank of Canada announces recipients of 2018 Fellowship and Governor’s awards
The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce that Stephen D. Williamson of Western University and Peter F. Christoffersen of the University of Toronto are the 2018 recipients of the Bank’s Fellowship Award. -
March 22, 2018
Financial system safer, but job not done, says Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins
While much has been accomplished to make the financial system more resilient, the job is not done, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins told the audience today at a conference on lessons from the crisis at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. “We have accomplished much over the past decade, and we are […] -
March 22, 2018
Financial Stability: Taking Care of Unfinished Business
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins discusses three areas in which work remains to be done to improve financial stability. -
March 22, 2018
Bank of Canada Announces Lower Target for Settlement Balances to Reinforce the Target for the Overnight Rate
Effective Thursday, 22 March 2018, the Bank is reducing the target for the minimum daily level of settlement balances to $250 million, from its current level of $500 million. -
March 21, 2018
Bank of Canada announces creation of working group to develop new term risk-free interest rate benchmark
The Bank of Canada today announced the creation of the Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group (CARR), sponsored by the Canadian Fixed-Income Forum (CFIF), to identify and seek to develop a new term risk-free Canadian dollar interest rate benchmark. -
March 13, 2018
Canadian economy carrying untapped potential, Bank of Canada Governor Poloz says
The Canadian economy is carrying untapped potential that could prolong the expansion without causing inflation pressures, Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today. In a lecture at Queen’s University, Governor Poloz said that the Canadian economy is currently in the phase of the economic cycle where companies need to expand capacity to meet rising demand. “Growing […] -
March 13, 2018
Today’s Labour Market and the Future of Work
Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses the untapped potential in Canada’s labour market and how it extends into the workforce of tomorrow. -
March 8, 2018
Canada’s Economic Expansion: A Progress Report
Deputy Governor Tim Lane discusses the issues that led Governing Council to hold the policy interest rate at 1.25 per cent in their March 7 decision.