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• March 27, 2019

  Release of the 2018 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report

  The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2018 Annual Report (the Report) on its oversight of payment clearing and settlement systems, which are also known as financial market infrastructures (FMIs).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 27, 2019

  Bank of Canada joins Central Banks’ and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it has joined the Central Banks’ and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Climate change
• March 25, 2019

  CARR Meeting (March 25, 2019)

  Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group

• Non-Bank Financial Intermediation in Canada: An Update

  Staff Discussion Paper 2019-2 Guillaume Bédard-Pagé

  Non-bank financing provides an important funding source for the economy and is a valuable alternative to traditional banking. It helps enhance the efficiency and resiliency of the financial system while giving customers more choices for their financial services. Unlike banking, it is not prudentially regulated.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial stability JEL Code(s): G, G0, G01, G2, G20, G23
• March 19, 2019

  Summary of Comments – 2019-20 Debt Management Strategy Consultations

  Today, the 2019-20 Debt Management Strategy Consultations Summary is being published in conjunction with the release of the Government of Canada’s Debt Management Strategy for 2019-20.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 18, 2019

  Fellowship Program

  Learn about the 2019 recipients of the Fellowship and Governor’s Awards.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements Source(s): Fellowship Program

• Non-Resident Taxes and the Role of House Price Expectations

  Staff Analytical Note 2019-8 Mikael Khan, Matthieu Verstraete

  In recent years, the governments of Ontario and British Columbia have imposed taxes on purchases by non-Canadian residents of residential properties in certain jurisdictions.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Financial stability, Housing JEL Code(s): D, D8, D84, R, R2, R21
• March 14, 2019

  Global leverage makes financial system vulnerable, Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins says

  Media Relations Vancouver, British Columbia

  Global debt is now US$100 trillion higher than just before the financial crisis and more than three times global gross domestic product (GDP), presenting a headwind to growth and making the financial system vulnerable, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins said today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 14, 2019

  The Age of Leverage

  Remarks Carolyn A. Wilkins UBC Vancouver School of Economics and CFA Society Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia

  Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins discusses how high leverage is both a headwind to global growth and a vulnerability in the global financial system.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Credit risk management, Financial institutions, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Fiscal policy
• March 8, 2019

  Bank of Canada names winners of women’s scholarship award

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada marked International Women’s Day by announcing the 2018-2019 recipients of its Master’s Scholarship Award for Women in Economics and Finance.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases