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• International Capital Flows and Bond Risk Premia

  Staff Working Paper 2010-14 Jesus Sierra

  This paper studies the impact of international capital flows on asset prices through risk premia. We investigate whether foreign purchases of U.S. Treasury securities significantly contributed to the decline in excess returns on long-term bonds between 1995 and 2008.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial markets JEL Code(s): C, C2, C22, F, F3, F31, F32, F34, G, G1, G11, G12, G15
• June 10, 2010

  Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney Outlines Core G-20 Agenda to Reduce Systemic Risk

  Media Relations Montréal, Quebec

  G-20 leaders are working towards global reforms that will put the world’s financial system on a more solid footing, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• June 10, 2010

  The G-20’s Core Agenda to Reduce Systemic Risk

  Remarks Mark Carney International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Montréal, Quebec

  Given this failure, the G-20’s agenda to reshape the global financial system is comprehensive and radical. The coming weeks and months will be pivotal to its success. The time for debate and discussion is drawing to a close. Policymakers now need to decide and to implement.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• June 9, 2010

  Crude Oil Futures: A Crystal Ball?

  Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2010 Ron Alquist, Elif Arbatli

  Based on recent research, this article discusses three ways that oil-futures prices can improve our understanding of current conditions and future prospects in the global market for crude oil. First, the response of the oil-futures curve can be used to identify the persistence of oil-price shocks and to obtain an indicator of the rate at which they will diminish. Second, the spread between the current futures price and the spot price of oil can be interpreted as an indicator of the precautionary demand for oil. Third, because oil-futures prices are volatile, forecasts of the future spot price of oil using futures prices should be supplemented with other information to improve their accuracy.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Market structure and pricing

• Estimating the Structure of the Payment Network in the LVTS: An Application of Estimating Communities in Network Data

  Staff Working Paper 2010-13 James Chapman, Nellie Zhang

  In the Canadian large value payment system an important goal is to understand how liquidity is transferred through the system and hence how efficient the system is in settling payments. Understanding the structure of the underlying network of relationships between participants in the payment system is a crucial step in achieving the goal.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial stability, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): C, C1, C11, D, D8, D85, G, G2, G20
• June 1, 2010

  SPRA/SRAs

  The Bank conducts Special Purchase and Resale Agreements (SPRAs) and Sale and Repurchase Agreements (SRAs) to implement its monetary policy framework in the LVTS environment. SPRAs and SRAs are used to reinforce the target overnight rate at the mid-point of the operating band.
• June 1, 2010

  Bank of Canada increases overnight rate target to 1/2 per cent and re-establishes normal functioning of the overnight market

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 1/2 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• June 1, 2010

  Re-Establishment of the Standard Operating Framework for the Implementation of Monetary Policy

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  As part of the Bank of Canada's interest rate decision on 1 June 2010, the Bank will re-establish the standard operating framework for the implementation of monetary policy.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases