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January 7, 2016
Mayor’s Breakfast Series - Press Conference (Audio)
Life After Liftoff: Divergence and U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization - Stephen S. Poloz, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks at the Mayor’s Breakfast Series, organized by the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce.
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December 6, 2007
More Than Money: Architecture and Art at the Bank of Canada
This volume will take you on a tour of the head office complex, highlighting interesting features of architecture, interior design, and decoration, as well as elements of restoration and preservation. It also features pieces from the Bank's art collection. Soft cover, 128 pages (2007).
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What Affects MFP in the Long-Run? Evidence from Canadian Industries
In this paper we explore variables that may have an impact on multifactor productivity (MFP) in the long-run using the KLEMS database for Canada. We estimate a dynamic heterogeneous panel error-correction model of twelve 2-digit level industries. -
Simulations du ratio du service de la dette des consommateurs en utilisant des données micro
The author constructs a formal analytic framework to simulate the impact of various economic shocks on the household debt-service ratio, using data from the Canadian Financial Monitor (CFM) survey. -
Turning Words into Numbers: Measuring News Media Coverage of Shortages
We develop high-frequency, news-based indicators using natural language processing methods to analyze news media texts. Our indicators track both supply (raw, intermediate and final goods) and labour shortages over time. They also provide weekly time-varying topic narratives about various types of shortages. -
May 20, 2002
Trends in Productivity Growth in Canada
This article describes the major trends in the growth of labour productivity in Canada since the early 1960s and summarizes our current knowledge about the causes of the historical patterns. Particular attention is given to the period since the mid-1990s during which productivity growth has been significantly higher in the United States than in Canada. The author reviews the empirical evidence on the contribution of information and communication technology to the recent difference between Canadian and U.S. rates of productivity growth. Other determinants of a country's productivity performance, such as human capital formation and openness to international trade, are also examined. The article concludes with an assessment of the prospects for an increase in the trend rate of productivity growth in Canada over the coming years. -
January 7, 2016
Mayor’s Breakfast Series - Speech (Audio)
Life After Liftoff: Divergence and U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization - Stephen S. Poloz, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks at the Mayor’s Breakfast Series, organized by the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce.
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Liquidity and Central Clearing: Evidence from the CDS Market
An international initiative to increase the use of central clearing for OTC derivatives emerged as one of the reactions to the 2008 financial crisis. The move to central clearing is a fundamental change in the structure of the market. -
Inference in Games Without Nash Equilibrium: An Application to Restaurants’ Competition in Opening Hours
This paper relaxes the Bayesian Nash equilibrium (BNE) assumption commonly imposed in empirical discrete choice games with incomplete information. Instead of assuming that players have unbiased/correct expectations, my model treats a player’s belief about the behavior of other players as an unrestricted unknown function. I study the joint identification of belief and payoff functions.