We aim to build confidence in the safety and reliability of payment service providers’ services while protecting end users from specific risks.

Household spending has closely tracked house prices in Canada (Chart 1). When house prices grew sharply in 2016–17, household spending also grew at a robust pace. More recently, house price growth and ...

We aim to build confidence in the safety and reliability of payment service providers’ services while protecting end users from specific risks.

Economic growth has ticked up in Canada, boosted by past cuts in interest rates. In the absence of new tariffs, growth is forecast to strengthen, and inflation remains close to 2%. But the threat of ...

Every five years, the Bank of Canada and the Government of Canada review and renew the agreement on Canada’s monetary policy ...

We aim to build confidence in the safety and reliability of payment service providers’ services while protecting end users from specific risks.

In 2014, the Bank of Canada reviewed the process it used to select, develop and design the visual content for the Frontiers series bank notes. This work resulted in the development of set of ...

We hire students who are still in school and recent graduates and soon-to-be graduates from a wide range of backgrounds. Our solid reputation and exceptional development programs make your ...

An interest-bearing and universally accessible central bank digital currency (CBDC) could be a versatile instrument that would, in theory, improve monetary policy by allowing non-linear transfers and ...

Foreign demand for Government of Canada (GoC) bonds has increased rapidly since the financial crisis. This sudden interest by foreigners in the GoC market is associated with external events, such as ...

The COVID‑19 pandemic has created a challenging environment for many businesses in Canada. We offer an initial assessment of the impact of the pandemic on the financial health of non-financial ...