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• February 4, 2010

  The Coming Thaw

  Remarks Mark Carney Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Winnipeg, Manitoba

  It is a pleasure to be here in Winnipeg. Today, I intend to elaborate on elements of the Bank of Canada's economic outlook.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• February 2, 2010

  Historical Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility – February 2, 2010 to July 18, 2010

  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
• January 27, 2010

  Bank of Canada Confirms Expiration of Temporary Swap Facility with U.S. Federal Reserve

  In coordination with other central banks, the Bank of Canada confirms the expiration of its US $30 billion swap facility with the Federal Reserve on 1 February 2010. This facility, which was established to counter pressures in global funding markets, is no longer needed, given the improvements in financial market functioning seen over the past year.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• Macroprudential Regulation and Systemic Capital Requirements

  Staff Working Paper 2010-4 Céline Gauthier, Alfred Lehar, Moez Souissi

  In the aftermath of the financial crisis, there is interest in reforming bank regulation such that capital requirements are more closely linked to a bank's contribution to the overall risk of the financial system. In our paper we compare alternative mechanisms for allocating the overall risk of a banking system to its member banks.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial stability JEL Code(s): C, C1, C15, C8, C81, E, E4, E44, G, G2, G21

• Corporate Risk Taking and Ownership Structure

  Staff Working Paper 2010-3 Teodora Paligorova

  This paper investigates the determinants of corporate risk taking. Shareholders with substantial equity ownership in a single company may advocate conservative investment policies due to greater exposure to firm risk.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial markets, International topics JEL Code(s): G, G3, G31, G34

• Labour Reallocation, Relative Prices and Productivity

  Staff Working Paper 2010-2 Shutao Cao, Danny Leung

  This paper documents the rate at which labour flows between industries and between firms within industries using the most recent data available. It examines the determinants of these flows and their relationship with the productivity growth.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Labour markets, Productivity JEL Code(s): D, D2, D23, E, E3, E32, J, J6
• January 21, 2010

  Monetary Policy Report – January 2010

  

  The global economic recovery is under way, supported by continued improvements in fi nancial conditions and stronger domestic demand growth in many emerging-market economies.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
• January 21, 2010

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Mark Carney Ottawa, Ontario

  Paul and I are pleased to be here with you today to discuss the January Monetary Policy Report, which we published this morning.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements

• Search Frictions and Asset Price Volatility

  Staff Working Paper 2010-1 B. Ravikumar, Enchuan Shao

  We examine the quantitative effect of search frictions in product markets on asset price volatility. We combine several features from Shi (1997) and Lagos and Wright (2002) in a model without money. Households prefer special goods and general goods.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial markets, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): E, E4, E44, G, G1, G12
• January 19, 2010

  Bank of Canada Announces the New Schedule for Bank of Canada Term PRA Operations Commencing 16 February 2010

  Further to the 15 December 2009 announcement, the Bank of Canada today releases the new schedule for the monthly Bank of Canada Term PRA operations commencing 16 February 2010 and running through to the April 2010 Fixed Announcement Date.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices