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• July 19, 2010

  Historical Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility – July 19, 2010 to December 12, 2013

  The Bank of Canada, through its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), provides access to liquidity to those institutions that participate directly in the Large Value Transfer System (LVTS).

  Content Type(s): Collateral Policy Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility
• July 16, 2010

  Changes to Requirements for Assets Accepted as Collateral under the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility

  As part of an ongoing review of collateral policy related to the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank is adjusting the credit-rating requirements for assets acceptable as collateral.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Plant Turnover and Productivity

  Staff Working Paper 2010-18 Ben Tomlin

  In a small open economy fluctuations in the real exchange rate can affect plant turnover, and thus aggregate productivity, by altering the makeup of plants that populate the market. An appreciation of the local currency increases the level of competition in the domestic market as import competition intensifies and export opportunities shrink, forcing less productive plants from the market and compelling new entrants to be more competitive than they otherwise would have been.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Market structure and pricing, Productivity JEL Code(s): D, D2, D21, D24, L, L1, L11
• July 15, 2010

  Annual Report 2009

  

  A year of financial market strains and economic disruption in 2009 gave way to initial signs of progress in 2010, the year the Bank of Canada celebrates its 75th anniversary. The lessons of the past year vividly illustrate what the Bank has demonstrated repeatedly through seven and a half decades: the value of well-researched policy frameworks and decisive action.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report
• July 13, 2010

  Senior Loan Officer Survey - Second-Quarter 2010

  The survey results point to an overall easing in business-lending conditions during the second quarter of 2010. Both the price and non-price aspects of business lending eased during the quarter. Note that the balance of opinion indicates only the direction of the change in lending conditions; it does not provide information on the magnitude of the change.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• July 12, 2010

  Business Outlook Survey - Summer 2010

  For the first time in two years, firms, on balance, reported an improvement in their past sales activity. While the balances of opinion on future sales growth and investment are lower than in recent surveys, and firms are concerned about global uncertainties, overall, they are positive about the outlook for business activity over the next 12 months.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey

• The Transmission of Shocks to the Chinese Economy in a Global Context: A Model-Based Approach

  Staff Working Paper 2010-17 Jeannine Bailliu, Patrick Blagrave

  To better understand the dynamics of the Chinese economy and its interaction with the global economy, the authors incorporate China into an existing model for the G-3 economies (i.e., the United States, the euro area, and Japan), paying particular attention to modelling the exchange rate and monetary policy in China.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Economic models, Exchange rate regimes, International topics JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, E5, E52, F, F4, F41