Posts

• Public/Private Transitions and Firm Financing

  Staff Working Paper 2013-36 Kim Huynh, Teodora Paligorova, Robert Petrunia

  A large body of empirical literature investigates differences in financing structures across firms. Private firms’ financing receives little attention due to the lack of data.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Credit and credit aggregates, Financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G3, G30, L, L1, L11

• The Common Component of CPI: An Alternative Measure of Underlying Inflation for Canada

  Staff Working Paper 2013-35 Mikael Khan, Louis Morel, Patrick Sabourin

  In this paper, the authors propose a measure of underlying inflation for Canada obtained from estimating a monthly factor model on individual components of the CPI. This measure, labelled the common component of CPI, has intuitive appeal and a number of interesting features.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Econometric and statistical methods, Inflation and prices, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): C, C1, E, E3, E31, E32, E5, E52, E58
• October 2, 2013

  Debt Management Strategy Consultations - 2014-15

  The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking views of government securities distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on issues related to the design and operation of the Government of Canada’s domestic debt program for 2014-15 and beyond.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• October 1, 2013

  Global Growth and the Prospects for Canada’s Exports

  Remarks Tiff Macklem Economic Club of Canada Toronto, Ontario

  Senior Deputy Governor Tiff Macklem discusses global growth and the prospects for Canada’s exports.

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

• The Safety of Government Debt

  Staff Working Paper 2013-34 Kartik Anand, Prasanna Gai

  We examine the safety of government bonds in the presence of Knightian uncertainty amongst financial market participants. In our model, the information insensitivity of government bonds is driven by strategic complementarities across counterparties and the structure of trading relationships.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Financial stability, International financial markets JEL Code(s): D, D8, D81, E, E4, E44, F, F0, F02, F4, F41, G, G1, G15
• September 30, 2013

  Research Update - September 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
• September 27, 2013

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 27 September 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• September 27, 2013

  Bank of Canada Calls for Nominations for the 2014 Fellowship and Governor’s Awards

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is calling for nominations under its Fellowship Program for 2014. This Program fosters excellence in research and analysis in Canada, and develops partnerships with experts outside of the Bank.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Fellowship Program
• September 26, 2013

  Banking and Financial Statistics - September 2013

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
• September 24, 2013

  Born of Necessity and Built to Succeed: Why Canada and the World Need the Financial Stability Board

  Remarks Lawrence L. Schembri CFA Society (Ottawa) Ottawa, Ontario

  Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses why the world needs the Financial Stability Board.

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