STATISTICS AVAILABLE:

Rates and Statistics

• Target for the Overnight Rate

This is the Bank's official rate, and equals the middle of the Bank’s operating band for overnight financing.

• Bond Yields and  Treasury Bill Yields

Search selected securities yields. Past ten years.

• Canadian Interest Rates

Target for the Overnight Rate, Bank rate, prime rate, mortgage rates, GICs, corporate paper, etc. Past ten years.

• Commodity Price Index

Weekly, monthly and annual indices are published.

• Consumer price index

1995-present

• Exchange Rates  

• Foreign Exchange Intervention

Updated if and when the Bank intervenes in foreign exchange markets.

• Indicators of Capacity and Inflation Pressures for Canada   

• Inflation Calculator

The Calculator demonstrates the effects of inflation from 1914 to the present.

• Investment Calculator

The Investment Calculator shows the effects of inflation on investments and savings.

• Monetary Conditions Index

The MCI captures the effect monetary policy has on the economy both through interest rates and the exchange rate.

• Money Market Yields

Overnight money market rate; prime corporate paper rate; treasury bill mid-market closing rates.

• Official International Reserves

Posted on the first business day following the 8th, 15th and 23rd day of each month.

• Selected Historical Interest Rates

Documents from Selected Canadian and International Interest Rates including Bond Yields and Interest Arbitrage. Published annually. 

• Summary of Key Monetary Policy Variables

Includes graphs.

• S&P/TSX Composite Index (previously : TSE Composite (300) Index)

Mid-market closing value.

• U.S. Interest Rates

Past ten years.

• Weekly Financial Statistics

Published each Friday

International Monetary Fund: Special Data Dissemination Standard Site (SDDS)

• Canada: Economic and financial data
  (Statistics Canada) The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).

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Research and Publications

The process for the publication of Bank of Canada working papers has been changed. Effective January 2007, such research will be published as either discussion papers or working papers. Both will appear only in electronic format at the Bank of Canada Website website. Paper copies of these papers will no longer be available.

Research and Publications 

• Working papers
• Technical reports
• Bank of Canada Review
• Conference papers and proceedings

• Annual Report
• About the Bank booklet
• Speeches
• Periodicals -
• Bank of Canada Review
• Financial System Review 
• Monetary Policy Report
• Weekly Financial Statistics
• Business Outlook Survey