News Releases

- BMO is one of the first market makers for direct trading of Chinese yuan against Canadian dollar in the inter-bank foreign exchange market

- Launch of direct trading will further promote use of CNY and CAD currencies in cross-border trade and investment settlement between China and North America

- Seventy-two per cent surveyed have saved less than $100,000 for their retirement

- More than one third of business owners said they would sell to buyer(s) outside of the family

- BMO offers tips on how private business owners can create a retirement plan

- Real GDP expected to fall 2.3 per cent, following a 4 per cent dip in 2015, but on track to return to slow growth in 2017

- Downturn of energy sector spilling into other industries and exacerbated by lost production during Fort McMurray wildfire

- Canada's GDP likely to rise 1.2% this year, and accelerate to 2% in 2017

- Provincial levels range from strong growth to recession levels, with substantial changes to the country's leaders compared to past years

- Province's GDP expected to advance 0.5% compared to last year

- Agriculture shows reason for optimism, undeterred by implications of oil and gas in other areas of housing and mining

- Province's GDP once again expected to rise 3%, more than twice the national average

- Housing market, non-energy exports and labour market among driving factors