December 12, 2005
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December 10, 2005
A History of the Canadian Dollar - by James Powell
The history of Canada's money provides a unique perspective from which to view the growth and development of the Canadian economy and Canada as a nation. Author James Powell traces the evolution of Canadian money form its pre-colonial origins to the present day, highlighting the currency chaos of the colonial period, as well as the effects of two world wars and the Great Depression.
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December 9, 2005
Addition of Two Primary Dealers for Government of Canada Securities
Effective 13 December 2005, HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc./HSBC Bank Canada will become a primary dealer for Government of Canada marketable bonds and treasury bills, respectively, and Desjardins Securities will become a primary dealer for Government of Canada marketable bonds. -
December 8, 2005
Towards a Made-in-Canada Monetary Policy: Closing the Circle
When the Bank of Canada was first established in 1935, it had two very different models to choose from—the Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Reserve—in terms of the instruments that it might use for implementing monetary policy. Although some aspects of the Bank's early monetary policy practices, including the role of discount facilities and moral suasion, reflect the British example, other important differences shaped a distinctly Canadian approach. Chant describes what he argues are distinctively Canadian innovations: the Bank's favoured means of managing chartered bank liquidity through transfers of government deposits, the adoption of lagged reserve requirements, and the two periods in which it decided to float the Bank Rate. He also describes the series of bold initiatives that were undertaken in the 1990s with regard to simplifying clearing and settlement procedures, reducing reserve requirements, and setting the Bank's target for the overnight rate. Chant suggests that these changes have improved market efficiency, reduced risk and uncertainty, and strengthened the Bank's influence over its short-term operating target. -
December 6, 2005
The Bank of Canada: An Illustrated History
This volume features interesting images and anecdotes about Canada's central bank and its place in Canadian society from 1935 until the present.
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December 6, 2005
Exchange Rate Determinants and Economic Impacts
Conference held on 6 and 7 December 2005 (papers in unedited, electronic format only) -
December 6, 2005
Bank of Canada raises overnight rate target by 1/4 percentage point to 3 1/4 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 3 1/4 per cent. -
An Evaluation of MLE in a Model of the Nonlinear Continuous-Time Short-Term Interest Rate
The author compares the performance of three Gaussian approximation methods - by Nowman (1997), Shoji and Ozaki (1998), and Yu and Phillips (2001) - in estimating a model of the nonlinear continuous-time short-term interest rate. -
Forecasting Core Inflation in Canada: Should We Forecast the Aggregate or the Components?
The authors investigate the behaviour of core inflation in Canada to analyze three key issues: (i) homogeneity in the response of various price indexes to demand or real exchange rate shocks relative to the response of aggregate core inflation; (ii) whether using disaggregate data helps to improve the forecast of core inflation; and (iii) whether using monthly data helps to improve quarterly forecasts. -
The 1975–78 Anti-Inflation Program in Retrospect
The author provides an overview of the 1975–78 Anti-Inflation Program (AIP), in a background document prepared for a seminar organized by the Bank of Canada to mark the AIP's 30th anniversary.