Bank of Canada publishes its 2025 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and other major publications

The Bank of Canada today published its 2025 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and the release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report. It also reconfirmed the scheduled interest rate announcement dates for the remainder of this year.

In addition, the Bank published its schedule for the release of the Business Outlook Survey and the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations, and the Financial Stability Report.

Policy interest rate announcements and the Monetary Policy Report

The scheduled dates for the interest rate announcements for 2025 are as follows:

The scheduled dates for the interest rate announcements from September 2024 through December 2024 are reconfirmed as follows:

All interest rate announcements will take place at 09:45 (ET), and the Monetary Policy Report will be published concurrently with the January, April, July and October rate announcements.

Business Outlook Survey and Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations

The scheduled dates for the release of the 2025 issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations are as follows:

All survey releases will take place at 10:30 (ET).

Financial Stability Report

The scheduled date for the release of the Financial Stability Report is Thursday, May 8, at 10:00 (ET).