November 30, 2016
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November 29, 2016
Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2016
Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2016 - For the period ended 30 September 2016 -
November 28, 2016
Growth of the service sector is helping Canada’s economy return to full output, Governor Poloz says
The rise of the service sector in the Canadian economy is a natural process that is leading to high-quality jobs and supporting the return of sustained economic growth, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today. -
November 28, 2016
From Hewers of Wood to Hewers of Code: Canada’s Expanding Service Economy
Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses how growth in Canada’s service sector is leading to high-paying jobs and helping complete the economic recovery. -
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Capital Flows to Developing Countries: Is There an Allocation Puzzle?
Foreign direct investment inflows are positively related to growth across developing countries—but so are savings in excess of investment. I develop an explanation for this well-established puzzle by focusing on the limited availability of consumer credit in developing countries together with general equilibrium effects. -
Supervising Financial Regulators
How much discretion should local financial regulators in a banking union have in accommodating local credit demand? I analyze this question in an economy where local regulators privately observe expected output from high lending. They do not fully internalize default costs from high lending since deposit insurance cannot be priced fairly. -
November 25, 2016
Bank of Canada announces finalists for the second annual Governor’s Challenge
NOTE TO EDITORS: This press release has been revised to reflect the new date of the final round of The Governor’s Challenge, 4 February 2017.
The Bank of Canada announced the finalists for the 2016–17 edition of The Governor’s Challenge, a student competition in which teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council. -
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Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Framework for Assessing Why and How
Digital currencies have attracted strong interest in recent years and have the potential to become widely adopted for use in making payments. Public authorities and central banks around the world are closely monitoring developments in digital currencies and studying their implications for the economy, the financial system and central banks.