September 30, 2010
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Liquidity, Risk, and Return: Specifying an Objective Function for the Management of Foreign Reserves
An objective function is a key component of a strategic portfolio management model used to determine the optimal allocations of assets and, possibly, their associated liabilities over some investment horizon. -
Nowcasting the Global Economy
Forecasts of global economic activity and inflation are important inputs when conducting monetary policy in small open economies such as Canada. As part of the Bank of Canada's broad agenda to augment its short-term forecasting tools, the author constructs simple mixed-frequency forecasting equations for quarterly global output, imports, and inflation using the monthly global Purchasing Managers Index (PMI). -
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September 14, 2010
Bundesbank Lecture 2010: The Economic Consequences of the Reforms
Keynes wrote prophetically of the economic consequences of the Treaty of Versailles. Could the same be said of current financial reforms? Are policy-makers taking for granted the essential role performed by finance in a vain pursuit of its risk-proofing? -
September 14, 2010
Economic Case for Global Financial Sector Reform Compelling, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney Says
The economic case for global financial sector reform is compelling, and the basic stakes are enormous, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney argued today in Berlin in a lecture that focused on the costs and benefits of reform. "Without credible, coordinated financial reforms, we risk losing the open trading and financial system that has underpinned the economic miracle of recent times," he said. -
September 10, 2010
Restoring Faith in the International Monetary System
We are three years into the global financial crisis, and its dynamics still dominate the economic outlook. In particular, broad forces of bank, household, and sovereign deleveraging can be expected to add to the variability and temper the pace of global economic growth in the years ahead. -
September 10, 2010
Renewed faith in the international monetary system is essential for G20 success, says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney today urged the world's leading nations to ensure that their domestic policies are consistent with the G-20 framework for strong, sustainable, and balanced growth and to support the G-20 financial system reforms. -
September 8, 2010
Bank of Canada increases overnight rate target to 1 per cent
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 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. -
August 31, 2010
Survey of Activity in Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Markets in Canada During April 2010
This document is in PDF only.