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• April 5, 2016

  Bank of Canada watching China’s economic transition closely, says Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins

  Media Relations Vancouver, British Columbia

  Canada faces opportunities and risks as China undergoes a complex transition to a more sustainable pace of economic growth, Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins said today. China has grown remarkably since undertaking market reforms in the 1980s and joining the World Trade Organization in 2001. Its transformation has been felt around the […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 5, 2016

  China’s Great Transition: What It Means for Canada

  Remarks Carolyn A. Wilkins Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Vancouver, British Columbia

  Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins discusses the risks and opportunities for Canada of China’s economic transition.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Financial stability, International financial markets, International topics, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Trade integration

• How Fast Can China Grow? The Middle Kingdom’s Prospects to 2030

  Staff Working Paper 2016-15 Jeannine Bailliu, Mark Kruger, Argyn Toktamyssov, Wheaton Welbourn

  Given its size and importance for global commodity markets, the question of how fast the Chinese economy can grow over the medium term is an important one. This paper addresses this question by examining the evolution of the supply side of the Chinese economy over history and projecting how it will evolve over the next 15 years.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Development economics, International topics, Potential output, Productivity JEL Code(s): E, E2, E22, E23, E3, E32, O4
• April 4, 2016

  Bank of Canada announces members of 2018 bank note Advisory Council

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen S. Poloz, and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins today announced the members of an independent Advisory Council, who will develop a short list of iconic Canadian women who could be featured on the first bank note of the next series.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Bank notes
• April 1, 2016

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 1 April 2016

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• April 1, 2016

  Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2016

  Business sentiment in the spring Business Outlook Survey improved but remains subdued overall. The positive impetus coming from sustained foreign demand continues to be largely offset by the persistent drag and spillovers from the oil price shock.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
• April 1, 2016

  Senior Loan Officer Survey - First-Quarter 2016

  The survey results suggest that overall business-lending conditions continued to tighten slightly, on balance, during the first quarter of 2016.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• March 31, 2016

  Updates to the Overnight Money Market Financing Rate

  As part of a periodic exercise to review and update current definitions, the Overnight Money Market Financing Rate (OMMFR) has been updated to provide more clarity on the calculation of this metric, specifically the types of collateral and transactions that are included.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 31, 2016

  Banking and Financial Statistics - March 2016

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics

• A Bitcoin Standard: Lessons from the Gold Standard

  Staff Working Paper 2016-14 Warren E. Weber

  This paper imagines a world in which countries are on the Bitcoin standard, a monetary system in which all media of exchange are Bitcoin or are backed by it. The paper explores the similarities and differences between the Bitcoin standard and the gold standard and describes the media of exchange that would exist under the Bitcoin standard.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech, Exchange rates, Financial services, Inflation and prices JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42, E5, E58