News Releases

- Report reveals parents' spending for entertainment and movies, eating out and impulsive purchases on children

- Study also shows differences in spending and savings habits among Canadians with and without kids

- Investors retreat from bonds into risk assets following U.S. Federal Reserve's signals on quantitative easing

- U.S. economy continues to improve

- Proposed E.U. banking union expected to restore stability in Eurozone

- Canadian commodities soften because of weak Chinese economy

- Emerging markets provide most potential for growth

- Innovation and scale will reward producers in challenging environment

One step closer to the grand prize including $125,000 field refurbishment

- Thirteen teams named BMO Team of the Week to date; two spots remaining

- Nominations close July 12

- BMO Team of the Week 2013 Champion will receive largest grand prize of its kind in Canada: $125,000 towards refurbishment of local soccer field; a trip to see a Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Montreal Impact or Canadian National Team home match; and a $5,000 donation to the team's charity of choice

- Recognition includes a $500 team prize and a $500 donation to the team's charity of choice

- Team in running to become 2013 BMO Team of the Week Champion, a title that comes with $125,000 towards a local field refurbishment

- B.C. investors edge out Alberta's for highest score on BMO Nesbitt Burns' Savviest Investor Index

- Study finds 84 per cent of Canadians are generally confident that they're managing their investments well; however, many don't have a financial plan, know their investor profile or what investments they hold

- An investment advisor can help with managing your portfolio, creating a written financial plan and providing other advisory services such as insurance, business succession planning and tax & estate planning

BMO Junior Reporters will be reporting live from Stampede Park

BMO Bank of Montreal Survey Shows Canadians Overwhelmingly Agree That Running a Family Farm is a Difficult Job

- Regional differences: Ontario buyers most likely to stay the course, those in B.C. will wait longer, while buyers in Prairies and Quebec to buy sooner

- BMO Chief Economist says housing market has stabilized following new rules

- BMO encourages first-time buyers to stress-test their mortgage to ensure they can afford housing costs regardless of a rise in interest rates

- Report reveals why Canadians feel motivated to buy and eat local food

- Locavore movement - those who make an effort to eat locally - happening across the country

- Regional differences: Albertans buying beef; Quebecois choosing cheese; Ontarians wanting wine; Atlantic Canada feeding on fish

- Eighty percent of Canadians with a will have chosen a family member as their Executor

- Know your role: Executors of a will must carry out close to 70 separate duties

- Summer months are an ideal time to consider who your Executor could be and discuss the topic with him/her

- Majority of first-timers are taking steps to stress-test their mortgage

- According to BMO Economics, rate hikes expected to start in the second half of 2014

- Three-quarters plan to "stress-test" their first mortgage against a higher interest rate