Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2012-2013

February 21, 2013
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This issue features a summary of the Bank’s annual conference, Financial Intermediation and Vulnerabilities, which took place in October 2012, as well as two articles that present analysis of international macroeconomic coordination since the global financial crisis and the U.S. recovery from the Great Recession.

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Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
February 21, 2013

The G-20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth: Macroeconomic Coordination Since the Crisis

Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2012-2013 Robert Lavigne, Subrata Sarker
Since 2009, the G-20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth has provided a mechanism for international macroeconomic policy coordination. The Framework has had some successes, including agreement on objectives for fiscal consolidation. However, post-crisis global growth has been neither strong nor balanced. Progress has also been slow in developing credible fiscal consolidation plans in some advanced countries and in increasing exchange rate flexibility in certain emerging economies. A stronger peer review process and enhanced analysis of international spillovers would increase the Framework’s influence on member policies.
Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Exchange rate regimes, Fiscal policy, International topics, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): E, E6, E61, F, F5, F53, F55
February 21, 2013

The U.S. Recovery from the Great Recession: A Story of Debt and Deleveraging

Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2012-2013 Brady Lavender, Nicolas Parent
The U.S. recovery from the Great Recession has been slow relative to other postwar-era recoveries in the United States. Encouraged by loose lending standards in the pre-crisis period, U.S. households took on unsustainable amounts of debt, making them vulnerable to adverse shocks. Subsequently, a considerable drop in asset prices forced households to repair their balance sheets. While there has been progress in household deleveraging, the government sector now needs to delever, which will restrain growth over the next few years.
Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, International topics, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): E, E2, E21, E6, E60
February 21, 2013

Conference Summary: Financial Intermediation and Vulnerabilities

Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2012-2013 Jason Allen, James Chapman, Ian Christensen
The Bank of Canada’s annual economic conference, held in October 2012, brought together experts from across Canada and around the world to discuss key issues concerning financial intermediation and vulnerabilities. The conference covered such topics as household finances and their relationship to financial stability, as well as bank regulation, securitization and shadow banking.
Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Central bank research, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): G, G2