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• April 23, 1997

  Bank of Canada Announces Appointment of Senior Regional Representatives

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced the appointment of senior representatives who will staff its five regional offices across Canada.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• Mesures du taux d'inflation tendanciel

  Staff Working Paper 1997-9 Thérèse Laflèche

  In this paper, the author calculates new measures of the trend inflation rate using changes in the components of total CPI; the hypothesis is that extreme fluctuations in certain prices reflect temporary supply shocks rather than any basic price trend.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Inflation and prices JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31

• Implementation of Monetary Policy in a Regime with Zero Reserve Requirements

  Staff Working Paper 1997-8 Kevin Clinton

  Monetary policy can be implemented effectively without reserve requirements as long as cost incentives ensure a predictable demand for settlement balances. A central bank can then achieve the level of short-term interest rates that it desires, using market-oriented instruments only.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Monetary policy implementation JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52