Bank of Canada Review

• November 18, 2010

  Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2010

  

  The premise that exchange rate pass-through has declined is critically reassessed; intensity in the negative feedback process between financial sector developments and the real economy during the recent global crisis is examined; update on past decade’s changing trends in debt issuance in Canada relative to those in other capital markets.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
• August 19, 2010

  Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2010

  

  Examination of how, when the policy interest rate is at or near zero, different monetary policy frameworks might help to lower the risk and economic cost of such a scenario; review of the findings of recent Bank of Canada research on the relative merits of inflation targeting and price-level targeting (PLT) for a small open economy; examination of monetary policy being used to counteract financial imbalances; conference summary: new frontiers in monetary policy design.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
• March 9, 2010

  Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2010

  

  Discussion of recent research into three ways that oil-futures prices can improve our understanding of current conditions and future prospects in the global market for crude oil; inflation expectations and the conduct of monetary policy: a review of recent evidence and experience; examination of the influence of various forms of economic uncertainty on the performance of different classes of monetary policy rules; how, when, and why such revisions to many important economic variables occur.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
• January 11, 2010

  Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2009-2010

  

  Causes and consequences of declining inflation persistence in Canada; the evolution of capital flows to emerging-market economies (EMEs) and the need for EMEs to implement policies that support capital flows; making bank notes accessible for Canadians living with blindness or low vision, sharing assessments of the suite of accessibility features on the current series of bank notes and plans for the next series.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review