Press

• August 16, 2000

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report Update

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen

  This morning we released our update to the May Monetary Policy Report. Overall, the outlook for Canadian economic growth and inflation is positive. Economic activity in Canada has remained strong since our May Report. Nonetheless, the underlying trend of inflation has been unexpectedly low - in the bottom half of our 1 to 3 per […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• August 14, 2000

  Follow up on proposed modifications to Government of Canada Bond operations

  On July 21, 2000, the Bank of Canada announced that the Bank and the Department of Finance would be seeking the views of market participants on the feasibility of implementing a cash management buyback program and on the possibility of reverting back to March and September maturity dates for two-year bonds.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices