Ottawa, Ontario

• November 9, 2020

  Bank of Canada announces short list for next $5 bank note

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that the independent Advisory Council has selected a short list of eight iconic Canadians who could be featured on the next $5 bank note.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• November 6, 2020 John Kuszczak Memorial Lecture - Webcast

  

  

  Digital Currencies and the Common Good: Models and Coopetition - Address by Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics, with introductory remarks by Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, and Lawrence Schembri, Deputy Governor.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• November 5, 2020

  Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins to leave the Bank in December

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins has informed the Bank’s Board of Directors that her last day at the Bank will be December 9, 2020.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• October 28, 2020 Monetary Policy Report - Press Conference (Webcasts) - October 2020

  

  

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report - Press conference by Governor Tiff Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins. (11:00 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• October 28, 2020

  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
• October 28, 2020

  Bank of Canada will maintain current level of policy rate until inflation objective is achieved, recalibrates its quantitative easing program

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• October 9, 2020

  Central banks and BIS publish first central bank digital currency (CBDC) report laying out key requirements

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  This joint press release announces the publication of a report identifying the foundational principles necessary for any publicly available central bank digital currencies to help central banks meet their public policy objectives.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
• September 17, 2020

  Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins will not seek second term

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada announced today that Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins informed them that she will not seek a second term.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• September 10, 2020

  Supporting growth and greater opportunity

  Speech summary Tiff Macklem Canadian Chamber of Commerce Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem outlines how the COVID-19 recession has had an uneven impact on Canadians and discusses the Bank’s decision yesterday to leave the policy rate unchanged.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Interest rates, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments

• September 10, 2020 Canadian Chamber of Commerce - Press Conference (Webcasts)

  

  

  Governor Tiff Macklem of the Bank of Canada takes questions from reporters after delivering a virtual speech on the key issues behind the Bank of Canada’s September 9 rate decision. (13:45 (Eastern Time) approx.)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts