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• November 3, 2014

  Bank of Canada Policy Appropriate in the Face of Uncertainty, Says Governor Stephen S. Poloz

  Media Relations Toronto, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada’s monetary policy is appropriate to return Canadian inflation to its 2 per cent target as worldwide economic uncertainty lingers, Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today in Toronto. The global economy is facing significant headwinds that could restrain growth for a prolonged period, including efforts by households and financial institutions to reduce their debt and those by governments to […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• November 3, 2014

  The Legacy of the Financial Crisis: What we know, and what we don’t

  Remarks Stephen S. Poloz The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) Toronto, Ontario

  Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses the legacy of the financial crisis, what we know and what we don’t.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• October 31, 2014

  Research Update - October 2014

  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
• October 31, 2014

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 31 October 2014

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• October 30, 2014

  Banking and Financial Statistics - October 2014

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
• October 29, 2014

  Opening Statement before the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Ontario

  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. I am pleased to introduce you to Carolyn Wilkins, who assumed the post of Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada on 2 May of this year. Before we take your questions, let me give you some of the highlights of the economic outlook. I’ll draw mainly […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements

• The Propagation of Industrial Business Cycles

  Staff Working Paper 2014-48 Maximo Camacho, Danilo Leiva-Leon

  This paper examines the business cycle linkages that propagate industry-specific business cycle shocks throughout the economy in a way that (sometimes) generates aggregated cycles. The transmission of sectoral business cycles is modelled through a multivariate Markov-switching model, which is estimated by Gibbs sampling.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Domestic demand and components, Econometric and statistical methods JEL Code(s): C, C2, C22, E, E2, E27, E3, E32

• Labour Share Fluctuations in Emerging Markets: The Role of the Cost of Borrowing

  Staff Working Paper 2014-47 Serdar Kabaca

  This paper contributes to the literature by documenting labour income share fluctuations in emerging-market economies and proposing an explanation for them. Time-series data indicate that emerging markets differ from developed markets in terms of changes in the labour share over the business cycle.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Development economics, Interest rates, International topics, Labour markets JEL Code(s): E, E2, E25, E4, E44, F, F4, F41
• October 24, 2014

  Notice: Senate Committee Appearance Rescheduled

  Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins will appear before the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 at 16:15 (ET).

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
• October 24, 2014

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 24 October 2014

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics