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

We examine how life insurers manage liquidity risks created by their business model. We find that Canadian life insurers did ...

Do you ever wonder why some things are way more expensive than they were when you were a kid? It’s a sign of something important in our economy—inflation. Inflation is a measure of how much prices for ...

Bank of Canada assets and liabilities: Month-end (formerly B1) was previously named Bank of Canada: Monthly series (B1). The Bank of Canada (The Bank) commenced operations in March 1935 under the ...

Learn about how we’re exploring the possibility of issuing a digital form of the Canadian dollar, also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC). We’re taking steps to better understand the ...

Over the years, the Bank of Canada has adjusted the way it sets its key interest rate. Following is a brief history of the key rate from the Bank’s founding in 1935 until the present. The original key ...

A financial market infrastructure (FMI) is a system that facilitates the clearing, settling or recording of payments, securities, derivatives or other financial transactions among participating ...

Learn about how we’re exploring the possibility of issuing a digital form of the Canadian dollar, also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC). We’re taking steps to better understand the ...

Keeping inflation stable and predictable is a key part of the Bank of Canada’s work to support the Canadian economy. The main way the Bank does this is through changes to its policy interest rate.

Learn about how we’re exploring the possibility of issuing a digital form of the Canadian dollar, also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC). We’re taking steps to better understand the ...