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• April 9, 2012

  Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2012

  The results of the spring survey point to more optimism among firms than in the winter survey, as some of the uncertainty dampening the economic outlook has dissipated.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• April 9, 2012

  Senior Loan Officer Survey - First-Quarter 2012

  The survey results point to an overall easing in business-lending conditions during the first quarter of 2012, following virtually unchanged lending conditions in the last quarter of 2011.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• April 5, 2012

  Annual Report 2011

  

  2011 was a challenging year for the global economy. Amid global turbulence, Canada’s macroeconomic policy framework has stood us well. The 2011 Annual Report provides a Message from the Governor, highlights key achievements over the year, describes the Bank’s corporate governance, and presents financial statements in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report
• April 5, 2012

  The Bank of Canada Releases Its Annual Report for 2011

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report for 2011 was tabled in the House of Commons today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 4, 2012

  Aging Gracefully: Canada’s Inevitable Demographic Shift

  Remarks Jean Boivin Economic Club of Canada Toronto, Ontario

  Deputy Governor Jean Boivin discusses aging in Canada and its impact on our economy.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks

• Risk Premium, Variance Premium and the Maturity Structure of Uncertainty

  Staff Working Paper 2012-11 Bruno Feunou, Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Abderrahim Taamouti, Roméo Tedongap

  Expected returns vary when investors face time-varying investment opportunities. Long-run risk models (Bansal and Yaron 2004) and no-arbitrage affine models (Duffie, Pan, and Singleton 2000) emphasize sources of risk that are not observable to the econometrician.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Asset pricing, Financial services JEL Code(s): G, G1, G12, G13
• April 2, 2012

  Exporting in a Post-Crisis World

  Remarks Mark Carney Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Waterloo, Ontario

  Governor Mark Carney discusses why Canada’s exports are lagging and what can be done to respond to the underlying challenges.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• April 2, 2012

  Canada’s Exports Need to Be Reoriented to the New Global Economy, Says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney

  Media Relations Waterloo, Ontario

  In response to the global financial crisis, Canada’s broad economic strategy has been to grow domestic demand and to encourage Canadian businesses to retool and reorient to the new global economy, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said in a speech today. “On the former, we have been successful,” he noted. On the second, he […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 30, 2012

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 30 March 2012

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• March 29, 2012

  Summary of Comments - 2012-13 Debt Management Strategy Consultations and Operational Changes to the Cash-Management Bond Buyback Program

  Today, the Summary of Comments – 2012–13 Debt Management Strategy Consultations is being published on the Bank of Canada’s website in conjunction with the release of the government’s Debt Management Strategy for 2012–13 on the Department of Finance’s website.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices