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• May 5, 2015

  Canada’s Economy Counts on Reliable Liquidity Says Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins

  Media Relations Montréal, Quebec

  The financial system needs reliable funding and market liquidity to support economic activity, Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins said today in her speech to the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal. “We learned from the crisis that liquidity can be a fickle friend, and its absence can amplify financial distress,” she said. […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• May 5, 2015

  Liquid Markets for a Solid Economy

  Remarks Carolyn A. Wilkins Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain Montréal, Quebec

  Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins discusses funding and market liquidity, and announces consultations on the Bank’s market operations and emergency lending frameworks.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Asset pricing, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Lender of last resort
• May 5, 2015

  Bank of Canada Emergency Lending Policies: Consultation Paper

  The Bank of Canada is updating its emergency lending policies to reflect the evolution of the Canadian financial system and lessons learned globally during the 2007–09 financial crisis. This paper sets out proposed updates to the Bank of Canada’s Emergency Lending Assistance (ELA) policies and is being issued for public consultation. All comments on this consultation paper should be received by 4 July 2015.
• May 5, 2015

  Public Consultations on the Bank of Canada’s Framework for Financial Market Operations and its Emergency Lending Assistance Policies

  The Bank of Canada undertook public consultations to update its framework for financial market operations and its emergency lending policies to reflect the evolution of the Canadian financial system and lessons learned globally during the 2007–09 financial crisis. As part of the public consultations, the Bank released two consultation papers that proposed several changes to its market operations and to its Emergency Lending Assistance (ELA) policies. The comment period for the consultations ended on 4 July 2015.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• Household Stockholding Behavior During the Great Financial Crisis

  Staff Working Paper 2015-15 Jie Zhou

  Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this paper studies household stock market participation and trading behavior in 2007–09, a period that saw a major stock market downswing. The stock market participation rate fell after the market crash.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Asset pricing, Financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G0, G01, G1, G11
• May 1, 2015

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 1 May 2015

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