Bank of Canada Press Page
Bank of Canada Press Page publishes the central bank's own announcements and media material. It carries interest rate decisions with the reasoning behind them, the quarterly Monetary Policy Report, media advisories, speeches and parliamentary appearances by the Governor, a calendar of releases to come and an email alert service for new material.
100% Free (unlimited): Everything on the page is published by the Bank of Canada for the public: press releases, reports, speeches and webcasts open with no account and no payment, in English and in French. Email alerts for new releases are offered, and they are not needed to read anything here.
How It Helps Your Business English
The page is arranged as media advisories, news and upcoming events. The advisories announce appearances by the Governor and the Senior Deputy Governor before Senate and House of Commons committees. The news block holds the latest rate decision, giving the policy rate, the Bank Rate and the deposit rate, and the Monetary Policy Report on inflation and growth.
You read the exact wording a central bank uses about rates, inflation and growth, which is the source business journalists then paraphrase. Read a rate announcement and then a news story about it, and compare the two for register. Because the releases follow the same shape each time, the words for basis points, targets and outlooks grow familiar quickly.
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