Posts

• August 6, 2015

  Completion of Public Consultation: Draft Terms for Auctions of Government of Canada Ultra-Long Bonds

  Following the release of the draft Terms for Auctions of Government of Canada Ultra-Long Bonds (proposal) by the Bank of Canada, a three-week consultation period, ending 10 July 2015, was held.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Currency of Invoicing and Market Share

  Staff Working Paper 2015-31 Michael Devereux, Wei Dong, Ben Tomlin

  This paper investigates the impact of market structure on the joint determination of exchange rate pass-through and currency of invoicing in international trade. A novel feature of the study is the focus on market share of firms on both sides of the market—that is, exporting firms and importing firms.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Inflation and prices, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): F, F3, F4
• July 31, 2015

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 31 July 2015

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

• The Endogenous Relative Price of Investment

  Staff Working Paper 2015-30 Joel Wagner

  This paper takes a full-information model-based approach to evaluate the link between investment-specific technology and the inverse of the relative price of investment. The two-sector model presented includes monopolistic competition where firms can vary the markup charged on their product depending on the number of firms competing.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, L, L1, L11, L16

• Examining Full Collateral Coverage in Canada’s Large Value Transfer System

  Staff Working Paper 2015-29 Lana Embree, Varya Taylor

  The Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) is Canada’s main electronic interbank funds transfer system that financial institutions use daily to transmit thousands of payments worth several billions of dollars.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): E, E4, E47, G, G2, G21
• July 31, 2015

  Research Update - July 2015

  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 30, 2015

  Banking and Financial Statistics - July 2015

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
• July 27, 2015

  Bank of Canada Publishes 2016 Schedule for Policy Interest Rate Announcements and Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today published its 2016 schedule of the key dates for policy interest rate announcements and release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report, and it reconfirmed the scheduled announcement dates for the remainder of this year.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• July 24, 2015

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 24 July 2015

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

• Revisiting National Border Effects in Foreign Trade in Goods of Canadian Provinces

  Staff Working Paper 2015-28 Farrukh Suvankulov

  A significant body of empirical studies demonstrates sizable national border effects in foreign trade of Canadian provinces throughout the 1980s and 1990s. This paper revisits and expands the scope of the border effects analysis by estimating the border effect in trade with U.S. states as well as countries in the European Union (EU) and the G 20 using more recent data from 2001–10.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F14, F15