Canada
Canadian dollar at record low
CANADA - Canada's currency fell to record lows against the US dollar on Wednesday, undermined by weak commodity prices, lower interest rates, and worries over the slowing economy.
Speech by David Dodge, Governor of Bank of Canada
SPEECH - Remarks by David Dodge, Governor of the Bank of Canada, to the Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce and the Conseil economique du Nouveau-Brunswick, Moncton, New Brunswick, 24 October.
Canada's Dodge offers little hope for 2002 economy
CANADA - Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge in a speech on Wednesday chipped away at hopes the Canadian economy might recover in 2002 from its current slowdown, a sickly state worsened by the attacks on the United States last month.
Canada cuts rates to lowest level in 40 years
CANADA - The Bank of Canada surprised the markets by cutting interest rates by three-quarters of a point to the lowest level in 40 years on Tuesday.
Economic leaders choose Ottawa
CANADA - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have confirmed that their delayed annual meetings will now be held in Ottawa on 17-18 November.
Conference targets terror funds
CANADA - An international conference on money laundering opens in Montreal late on Monday 15 October, aimed at helping countries harmonise their approaches to tackling the issue.
Speech by David Dodge, Governor of Bank of Canada
SPEECH - Remarks by David Dodge, Governor of the Bank of Canada on Current Developments in the Canadian Economy, 21 September.
A History of the Canadian Dollar
BOOK - An extensively illustrated book tracing the intriguing story of Canada's dollar from colonial times to the present day. The book provides a lively and informative account of Canadian money from colonial times to the present.
BOC governor Dodge wins guarded approval
ARTICLE - After six months on the job, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge has secured solid, if somewhat tentative, approval ratings from Canada's central bank watchers.
Bank of Canada names deputy gov of finance markets
CANADA - Sheryl Kennedy has been asked to serve as deputy governor of financial markets for Bank of Canada.
Bank of Canada outsources 500 jobs
CANADA - The Bank of Canada said on 27 June it has hired Electronic Data Systems Corp. to help run a program that sells Canada Savings Bonds and other types of debt to the public, cutting the central bank's payroll by a third.
Canada's inflation target setting could be better
CANADA - The Bank of Canada's new regime for setting inflation targets is an improvement on the old, but the bank could do even better, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
Communicating Canadian monetary policy
SPEECH - Paul Jenkins, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada has made a speech titled 'Communicating Canadian monetary policy: towards greater transparency'. He was speaking at the Ottawa Economics Association, Ottawa, on 22 May.
Bank of Canada appoints visiting special adviser
CANADA - The Bank of Canada has appointed John Chant to fill the visiting economist position of special adviser to the bank. Chant is a professor at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He will serve for a one-year term starting in September 2001.
Canada lowers key interest rate
CANADA - Canada's central bank trimmed its key overnight interest rate on 29 May by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent, stating that while US demand for Canadian products had slowed during the first part of the year, the domestic economy continued to show…
Bank of Canada report
REPORT - The Bank of Canada released its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report on May 1.
IMF consultation approves Canada inflation target
CANADA - The International Monetary Fund said in a statement following its annual article IV consultation that there appeared to be no compelling reason for the Bank of Canada to change its inflation target.
Canada cuts interest rates to 5% to boost demand
CANADA - The Bank of Canada on Apr 17 cut its key lending rate to 5.0 percent from 5.25 percent and the overnight rate to 4.75 percent from 5.0 percent to support the economy in the face of slowing domestic demand.
BoC annouces monetary operations changes
CANADA - The Bank of Canada is changing two of its operational procedures relating to the Large Value Transfer System, effective Apr 2, 2001.
Canadian regulator fakes website to warn investors
The Ontario Securities Commission, regulator of Canada's largest stock market, has established a fake website (www.NoRiskWealth.ca) as a cautionary demonstration to gulable online investors
The Bank of Canada and Financial Stability-Dodge
SPEECH - David Dodge, the governor of the Bank of Canada, gives his second speech since taking over the job about what the central bank is doing to promote financial stability. He emphasises the work of the Group of Twenty, chaired by Canadian finance…
Bank of Canada cuts key rate to 5.25 pct from 5.75
The Bank of Canada on Mar 6, 2001 cut the bellwether bank rate to 5.25 percent from 5.75 percent,and the overnight rate to 5.0 percent from 5.5 percent, saying weakening confidence could delay the economy's recovery in the United States and damage Canada…
Canada gold sale said part of established program
Canada's sale of 20,000 ounces of gold in Feb 2001 was made as part of an established program to sell all of the precious metal held by the central bank, a finance ministry official said on Mar 5, 2001.
Bank of Canada - Annual Report 2000
On Feb 22, 2001, the Bank of Canada published its Annual Report for 2000.