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By Leeanne Romano

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Monetary policy refers to government measures taken to affect financial markets and credit conditions. This is for the purpose of influencing the behaviour of the economy. The Bank of Canada, which is a federal crown corporation, is responsible for monetary policy.

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https://www.thestar.com/business.html
This website touches on basically anything news related, globally, nationally and locally. Of course anything involving changes in the economy or exchange and interest rates will be covered here.

Currently with all the press coverage about President Donald Trump and his tariffs on Canadian trades, there are a lot of interesting things to read on this website.

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https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/monetary-policy
This website provides multiple articles that have researched many different areas that involve the monetary policy. It also has some interesting articles about exchange rates and interest rates.

My favourite article from this website was Ripple Effects. It shared information on the increasing prices of oil in relation to monetary policy. It really spoke clearly on the matter.

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https://www.bankofcanada.ca/
This is the official website for the Bank of Canada. The site is very easy to navigate and will inform people about the bank. You can learn about the Monetary Policy, Financial System, Currency and Funds Management. There is also a section where you can read about the press articles including the bank.

I found the publications section on the website to be especially useful when I was first starting to research the Canadian Monetary Policy.

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The picture below is of Stephen S. Poloz. He was appointed the governor of the Bank of Canada in 2013, and will hold this position for the next 7 years.

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This is a chart showing that the Canadian dollar will remain below parity throughout this year. It also shows where the dollar was in the year 1990.

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This is a picture of the Bank of Canada. This bank is located in Ottawa, and as mentioned before this is where the monetary policy is reviewed and regulated at least 8 times a year.

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YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVdXcKRdle8
This video was made by an Economist who works for the Bank of Canada. She explains how changes in the Bank of Canada's policy rate affect inflation.

I found it quite interesting to learn that 8 times a year the Bank of Canada looks at changing the interest rate. The economy is constantly changing and prices of everything so it only makes sense that they have to look at it often and adjust the rate as needed.

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The Star Business Journal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVdXcKRdle8
The Bank of Canada is giving a statement explaining the current state of inflation rates. They also mention what to expect a little later on this year.

It was nice to hear that they expect things to calm down in the housing market this year. That is something that directly effects me as I would like to own my own home in the near future.

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YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYs6IB7z95Y
This video explains the hypocrisy of the monetary policy in Canada. I find that he explains things in a very clear way that is easy to follow and understand.

I agree that people should not be able to make money for free, as in the Bank of Canada. It was interesting to hear his thoughts and opinions on this topic.