Publications

• June 13, 2013

  Financial System Review - June 2013

  

  The Governing Council judges that the risks to the Canadian financial system have decreased somewhat relative to the December FSR, but that the overall level of risk remains high. The key risks are similar to those highlighted in December, and emanate primarily from the external environment.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial Stability Report
• June 13, 2013

  Monitoring and Assessing Risks in Canada’s Shadow Banking Sector

  Financial System Review - June 2013 Toni Gravelle, Timothy Grieder, Stéphane Lavoie

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
• June 7, 2013

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 7 June 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• May 31, 2013

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 31 May 2013

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

  Banking and Financial Statistics - May 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
• May 30, 2013

  Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2013

  Quaterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2013 - For the period ended 31 May 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
• May 24, 2013

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 24 May 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• May 17, 2013

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 17 May 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• May 16, 2013

  Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2013

  

  This issue includes analysis of the unconventional monetary policies recently implemented by central banks, and also presents Bank research in two areas - the migration of labour between economic regions in Canada, and the asset-allocation and funding decisions for Canada’s foreign exchange reserves.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
• May 16, 2013

  Unconventional Monetary Policies: Evolving Practices, Their Effects and Potential Costs

  Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2013 Lena Suchanek, Eric Santor

  Following the recent financial crisis, major central banks have introduced several types of unconventional monetary policy measures, including liquidity and credit facilities, asset purchases and forward guidance. To date, these measures appear to have been successful. They restored market functioning, facilitated the transmission of monetary policy and supported economic activity. They have potential costs, however, including challenges related to the greatly expanded balance sheets of central banks and the eventual exit from these measures, as well as the vulnerabilities that can arise from prolonged monetary accommodation.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Central bank research, Financial markets, International topics, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, E58, E6, E65