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Survey of Indigenous Firms: A Snapshot of Wages, Prices and Financing in the Indigenous Business Sector in Canada
What sources of financing do Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada use, and what are their expectations about prices, wages and inflation? We find Indigenous-owned firms are significantly less reliant on financial institutions as sources of financing compared with non-Indigenous firms. We also find Indigenous-owned firms have higher inflation expectations and weaker wage-growth expectations. -
Financial Intermediation and Fire Sales with Liquidity Risk Pricing
We provide a theory of fire sales in which potential buyers are subject to liquidity shocks and frictions that limit their ability to resell assets. Viewed through the lens of the model, the liquidity requirements proposed by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission for these intermediaries could hurt the economy. -
May 24, 2024
Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2024
Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2024 - For the period ended March 31, 2024 -
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May 21, 2024
Bank of Canada Museum announces 2024 recipients of its Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics
The Bank of Canada Museum is honouring two outstanding educators for their exceptional work teaching students about the economy. -
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May 16, 2024
Move to T+1 settlement for Government of Canada securities auctions
As of 3 June 2024, all Government of Canada auctions of its treasury bills, bonds and Cash Management Bond Buybacks (CMBB) will be subject to T+1 settlement. This move will follow the Canadian secondary market’s own transition to T+1 settlement, expected to occur on Monday, 27 May 2024. -
Digital Payments in Firm Networks: Theory of Adoption and Quantum Algorithm
We build a network formation game of firms with trade flows to study the adoption and usage of a new digital currency as an alternative to correspondent banking. -
The Macroeconomic Implications of Coholding
Coholder households simultaneously carry high-cost credit card debt and low-yield cash. We study the implications of this behavior for fiscal and monetary policy, finding that coholder households have smaller consumption responses in the short run but larger responses in the long run.