Media Releases

May 21, 2015 — The C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council (MPC) today recommended that the Bank of Canada keep its target for the overnight rate, the very short-term interest rate it targets for monetary policy purposes, at 0.75 percent at its next announcement on May 27, 2015.…

May 20, 2015 – Small business tax breaks do not create significant barriers to growth, but they still come with a high cost, says a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Small Business Preferences as a Barrier to Growth: Not so Tall After All,” authors Benjamin Dachis and John…

May 19, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of David Tulk to the C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council. The Council provides the Bank of Canada, financial-market participants and economic policy commentators with a regular…

May 14, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Michael Trebilcock as a Research Fellow of the Institute.

“Michael is an outstanding scholar with deep knowledge of policy and institutions,” remarked Robson. “We have drawn on his…