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Monetary Policy Council

Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy Council

The C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council is comprised of 12 of Canada’s most distinguished financial-market and monetary economists. Co-chaired by William B.P. Robson, the Institute’s President and CEO, and Jeremy Kronick, Vice-President of Economic Analysis and Strategy, it provides the Bank of Canada, financial-market participants, and economic policy commentators with a regular independent assessment of the appropriate stance of Canadian monetary policy as the Bank of Canada pursues its 2 percent inflation target.

The Monetary Policy Council convenes to discuss the Bank of Canada’s policy toward the overnight rate, the very short-term interest rate the Bank targets for monetary policy purposes, shortly before each of the Bank’s interest-rate announcements.

The Bank of Canada’s interest-rate announcements occur roughly every six weeks. The Monetary Policy Council’s recommendations, including the individual votes of its members, appear on the C.D. Howe Institute’s website at 2:00 p.m. on the Thursday before each scheduled announcement. 

View the Monetary Policy Council and Bank of Canada schedules.

Co-Chairs

Jeremy Kronick

Vice-President, Economic Analysis and Strategy

William B.P. Robson

President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute

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