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  • November 18, 2010

    Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2010

    BoC Review - Autumn 2010
    The premise that exchange rate pass-through has declined is critically reassessed; intensity in the negative feedback process between financial sector developments and the real economy during the recent global crisis is examined; update on past decade’s changing trends in debt issuance in Canada relative to those in other capital markets.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
  • August 19, 2010

    Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2010

    Examination of how, when the policy interest rate is at or near zero, different monetary policy frameworks might help to lower the risk and economic cost of such a scenario; review of the findings of recent Bank of Canada research on the relative merits of inflation targeting and price-level targeting (PLT) for a small open economy; examination of monetary policy being used to counteract financial imbalances; conference summary: new frontiers in monetary policy design.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
  • March 9, 2010

    Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2010

    Spring 2010
    Discussion of recent research into three ways that oil-futures prices can improve our understanding of current conditions and future prospects in the global market for crude oil; inflation expectations and the conduct of monetary policy: a review of recent evidence and experience; examination of the influence of various forms of economic uncertainty on the performance of different classes of monetary policy rules; how, when, and why such revisions to many important economic variables occur.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
  • January 11, 2010

    Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2009-2010

    Winter 2009-2010
    Causes and consequences of declining inflation persistence in Canada; the evolution of capital flows to emerging-market economies (EMEs) and the need for EMEs to implement policies that support capital flows; making bank notes accessible for Canadians living with blindness or low vision, sharing assessments of the suite of accessibility features on the current series of bank notes and plans for the next series.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
  • September 11, 2009

    Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2009

    Autumn 2009
    Bank of Canada liquidity actions in response to the financial market turmoil; understanding corporate bond spreads using credit default swaps; review of the conflicts of interest between participants in the securitization process highlighting the most recent policy measures and potential solutions for ameliorating these agency issues.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
  • June 11, 2009

    Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2009

    Summer 2009
    Examining the incentives for banks to hold various assets on their balance sheets for use as collateral when the opportunity cost of doing so can be high; an outline of the complexity inherent in any modern risk-management system and review of possible strategies to improve the performance of risk management; causes and consequences of the changing pace of labour reallocation in Canada; description of the structure and functioning of BoC-GEM— an adaptation of the Global Economy Model— with examples of its recent application.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
  • April 9, 2009

    Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2009

    Spring 2009
    Examination of progress in the Bank’s exploration of two alternatives to the current inflation-targeting framework: (i) lowering the inflation target and (ii) shifting to a price-level target; a review of arguments for and against price-level targeting, focusing on its costs and benefits compared with inflation targeting; assessing the merits of price-level targeting vis-à-vis inflation targeting from a debt-revaluation perspective; quantifying redistribution of wealth in Canada in the face of unexpected inflation.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
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