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• March 30, 2004

  Asia and the Global Economy

  Remarks Paul Jenkins University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia

  To state the obvious, Canada is a very open economy, heavily dependent on foreign trade. What goes on in the rest of the world can have a substantial impact on our domestic economy.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• March 17, 2004

  The Bank of Canada Issues New $100 Bank Notes

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today officially put into circulation Canada's new $100 bank notes. The new notes will be distributed and become available across the country over the next two weeks.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 16, 2004

  Adjusting to Global Economic Change

  Remarks David Dodge An event hosted by the Center for Financial Stability and the Canadian Embassy Buenos Aires, Argentina

  There is a great physical distance between our two countries - in terms of latitude, there are about 80 degrees of separation between Buenos Aires and Ottawa. But despite that distance, Canada and Argentina are closer, and have more in common, than you might think. We are both federations, with a certain natural tension between the national government and relatively powerful provinces.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• March 10, 2004

  Adjusting to Global Economic Change

  Remarks David Dodge Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce São Paulo, Brazil

  Today, I want to focus my remarks on Canada's adjustment to changes in the global economy. I will talk about our efforts to adjust to longer-term economic forces and about the challenges that these forces present. Some of our experiences may be relevant to other economies that are making similar adjustments in the face of similar economic circumstances.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• March 4, 2004

  Bank of Canada Announces Research Fellowship Award for 2004

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that Professor René Garcia, of the Université de Montréal, is the recipient of the Bank's Fellowship award for research for 2004.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Fellowship Program
• March 3, 2004

  Bank of Canada Announces Law Enforcement Award of Excellence for Counterfeiting Deterrence

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced the creation of a Law Enforcement Award of Excellence that will be presented annually to a police officer who demonstrates outstanding commitment and initiative in the fight against bank note counterfeiting.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 2, 2004

  Bank of Canada lowers target for the overnight rate by 1/4 percentage point to 2 1/4 per cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 2 1/4 per cent. The operating band for the overnight rate is correspondingly lowered, and the Bank Rate is now 2 1/2 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• Public Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

  Staff Working Paper 2004-10 Oana Secrieru, Marianne Vigneault

  Entrepreneurship is a key factor in promoting growth in output and employment. Consequently, to encourage new start-ups, most governments in developed countries have public venture capital programs.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial markets, Fiscal policy, Labour markets JEL Code(s): D, D2, G, G2, G24, G28, J, J2, J24, M, M1, M13

• Estimating Policy-Neutral Interest Rates for Canada Using a Dynamic Stochastic General-Equilibrium Framework

  Staff Working Paper 2004-9 Jean-Paul Lam, Greg Tkacz

  In an era when the primary policy instrument is the level of the short-term interest rate, a comparison of that rate with some equilibrium rate can be a useful guide for policy and a convenient method to measure the stance of monetary policy.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Interest rates JEL Code(s): C, C3, C32, E, E3, E37

• The Economic Theory of Retail Pricing: A Survey

  Staff Working Paper 2004-8 Oana Secrieru

  The types of contracts that arise in a typical vertical manufacturer–retailer relationship are more sophisticated than usually assumed in standard macroeconomic models.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): D, D4, D40, L, L2, L22, L4, L42