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• August 15, 2013

  Big Data Analysis: The Next Frontier

  Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2013 Nii Ayi Armah

  The formulation of monetary policy at the Bank of Canada relies on the analysis of a broad set of economic information. Greater availability of immediate and detailed information would improve real-time economic decision making. Technological advances have provided an opportunity to exploit “big data” - the vast amount of digital data from business transactions, social media and networked computers. Big data can be a complement to traditional information sources, offering fresh insight for the monitoring of economic activity and inflation.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Monetary and financial indicators JEL Code(s): C, C5, C53, C6, C63, C8, C80
• August 9, 2013

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 9 August 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• August 2, 2013

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 2 August 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• July 30, 2013

  Research Update - July 2013

  This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Research newsletters
• July 26, 2013

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 26 July 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• July 25, 2013

  Banking and Financial Statistics - July 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics

• Is There a Quality Bias in the Canadian CPI? Evidence from Micro Data

  Staff Working Paper 2013-24 Oleksiy Kryvtsov

  Rising consumer prices may reflect shifts by consumers to new higher-priced products, mostly for durable and semi-durable goods. I apply Bils’ (2009) methodology to newly available Canadian consumer price data for non-shelter goods and services to estimate how price increases can be divided between quality growth and price inflation.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Potential output JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, M, M1, M11, O, O4, O47
• July 23, 2013

  Bank of Canada Publishes 2014 Schedule for Policy Interest Rate Announcements and Monetary Policy Report Releases

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today published its 2014 schedule of key policy interest rate announcements and quarterly Monetary Policy Report (MPR) releases, and re-confirmed the scheduled announcement dates for the remainder of this year.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• July 22, 2013

  Addition of One Primary Dealer for Government of Canada Treasury Bills

  The Bank of Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, announces the addition of one new primary dealer for Government of Canada treasury bills.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• July 19, 2013

  Bank of Canada announces higher target for settlement balances to reinforce the target for the overnight rate

  Effective Monday, 22 July 2013, the Bank is increasing the target for the minimum daily level of settlement balances to $250 million, from its current level of $25 million. This measure will remain in effect until further notice.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices