Publications

• June 11, 2015

  Assessing Vulnerabilities in the Canadian Financial System

  Financial System Review - June 2015 Ian Christensen, Gitanjali Kumar, Césaire Meh, Lorie Zorn

  The authors present the four common cyclical vulnerabilities that appear in financial systems, providing examples of qualitative and quantitative indicators used to monitor these vulnerabilities across different sectors. They also discuss other inputs to the vulnerability assessment and to the internal process used at the Bank of Canada for identifying, evaluating and communicating vulnerabilities and risks, and highlight some of the key challenges in assessing financial system vulnerabilities and risks.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles Topic(s): Financial stability JEL Code(s): G, G0, G01, G1, G10, G2, G20
• June 11, 2015

  Canadian Open-End Mutual Funds: An Assessment of Potential Vulnerabilities

  Financial System Review - June 2015 Sandra Ramirez, Jesus Sierra, Jonathan Witmer

  The authors examine the liquidity and leverage characteristics of Canadian long-term, open-end mutual funds in terms of their potential systemic effects on the Canadian mutual fund sector and on the Canadian financial system more broadly. In their overall assessment of this sector, they consider the regulation, market size and ownership structure of mutual funds in Canada and provide observations about the industry globally.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G2, G23, G28
• June 11, 2015

  Financial System Review - June 2015

  

  The Reports section of the Financial System Review examines selected issues of relevance to the Canadian and global financial systems. The June 2015 issue features two reports summarizing recent work by Bank of Canada staff on specific financial sector policies.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial Stability Report
• June 5, 2015

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 5 June 2015

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• May 29, 2015

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 29 May 2015

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• May 29, 2015

  Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2015

  Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2015 - For the period ended 31 March 2015

  Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
• May 28, 2015

  Banking and Financial Statistics - May 2015

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
• May 22, 2015

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 22 May 2015

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• May 15, 2015

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 15 May 2015

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• May 14, 2015

  Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2015

  

  In this issue, Bank researchers discuss inflation dynamics and global trade following the 2007–09 financial crisis. Other articles explore changes to the governance and regulation of the Canadian payments system and outline the banking services provided by the Bank of Canada. Finally, the results of the 2013 Methods-of-Payment Survey are presented.

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