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• 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
• March 31, 2016

  Research Update - March 2016

  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
• March 30, 2016

  Adjusting to the Fall in Commodity Prices: One Step at a Time

  Remarks Lynn Patterson Edmonton Chamber of Commerce Edmonton, Alberta

  Deputy Governor Lynn Patterson discusses how the Canadian economy is adjusting to the fall in commodity prices.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Domestic demand and components, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments, Regional economic developments

• Canadian Labour Market Dispersion: Mind the (Shrinking) Gap

  Staff Analytical Note 2016-3 David Amirault, Naveen Rai

  Shocks to a currency area can and often do have asymmetric impacts on its regions that, in the absence of perfect labour mobility, lead to gaps in relative labour market performance. Witness, for example, the effects of the 2008/09 recession and subsequent financial crisis in Europe on the dispersion of employment rates across the euro area – and to a lesser extent the United States.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Labour markets, Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): J, J0, J01, R, R2, R23
• March 29, 2016

  Preliminary Quarterly Term Repo Schedule

  The Bank of Canada today announced its preliminary April to June 2016 quarterly schedule for its term repo program. The Bank will announce each operation separately and may modify the schedule, including introducing operations for different terms.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 29, 2016

  Results of the 28-day 29 March 2016 Term Repo Operation

  Results of today's term repo operation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 29, 2016

  Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation

  Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices