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• June 20, 2010

  Securitized Products, Disclosure, and the Reduction of Systemic Risk

  Financial System Review - June 2010 Carolyn A. Wilkins, Scott Hendry, Stéphane Lavoie

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
• June 20, 2010

  The Bank of Canada’s Analytic Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of the Household Sector

  Financial System Review - June 2010 Ramdane Djoudad

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
• June 20, 2010

  Financial System Review - June 2010

  

  Risks to the stability of both the Canadian and the global financial systems appeared to be diminishing for most of the period since the last Financial System Review (FSR), as the recovery in financial conditions and the macroeconomic environment continued to solidify.

  FSR Highlights - June 2010

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial Stability Report
• June 18, 2010

  Fortune Favours the Bold

  Remarks Mark Carney Newfoundland Oil & Gas Industries Association St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

  From the end of 2008 to the middle of last year, Canada experienced a short, sharp recession. With the exception of government spending, all major components of aggregate demand declined, and industrial production dropped 15 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks

• Inflation and Unemployment in Competitive Search Equilibrium

  Staff Working Paper 2010-15 Mei Dong

  Using a monetary search model, Rocheteau, Rupert and Wright (2007) show that the relationship between inflation and unemployment can be positive or negative depending on the primitives of the model. The key features are indivisible labor, nonseparable preferences and bargaining.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Inflation: costs and benefits JEL Code(s): E, E1, E12, E13, E4, E40, E5, E52
• June 17, 2010

  Operational Changes to the Bond Buyback Program

  In April 2010, officials from the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada sought the views of institutional investors, government securities distributors, and other interested parties on issues relating to the management of the cash flow profile of Government of Canada securities over the medium term and on the demand for long-term bonds (nominal and Real Return).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• June 17, 2010

  Changes to Eligible Securities and Margin Requirements for the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF)

  As part of an ongoing review of collateral policy related to the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank is broadening the list of assets acceptable as collateral and revising its margin requirements.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• June 16, 2010

  A Bold Response Is Required to Secure the Economic Recovery, Says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney

  Media Relations Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

  The recent recession was not an ordinary downturn, and a bold response from the public and private sectors in Canada and globally is required to secure the economic recovery, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• June 16, 2010

  Fortune Favours the Bold

  Remarks Mark Carney Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

  From the end of 2008 to the middle of last year, Canada experienced a short, sharp recession. With the exception of government spending, all major components of aggregate demand declined, and industrial production dropped 15 per cent. Canadian exporters suffered particularly, owing to the sharp fall in the components of U.S. economic activity that matter most for Canada.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• June 15, 2010

  Bank of Canada Announces Appointment of Special Adviser

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced the appointment of Professor Prasanna Gai as Special Adviser for 2010–11.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases