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• Quantifying the Economic Benefits of Payments Modernization: the Case of the Large-Value Payment System

  Staff Working Paper 2021-64 Neville Arjani, Fuchun Li, Zhentong Lu

  Canada is undertaking a major initiative to modernize its payments ecosystem. The modernized ecosystem is expected to bring significant benefits to Canadian financial markets and the overall economy. We develop an empirical framework to quantify the economic benefits of modernizing the payment system in Canada.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial system regulation and policies, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): C, C3, E, E4, E42, G, G1, G2, G28

• Central Bank Digital Currency and Banking: Macroeconomic Benefits of a Cash-Like Design

  Staff Working Paper 2021-63 Jonathan Chiu, Mohammad Davoodalhosseini

  Should a CBDC be more like cash or bank deposits? An interest-bearing, cash-like CBDC not only makes payments more efficient but also increases total demand. This has positive effects on other transactions, inducing more deposit taking and lending and, thus, bank intermediation.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech, Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): E, E5, E50, E58

• Revisiting the Monetary Sovereignty Rationale for CBDCs

  Staff Discussion Paper 2021-17 Skylar Brooks

  One argument for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is that without them, private and foreign digital monies could displace domestic currencies, threatening the central bank’s monetary policy and lender of last resort capabilities. I revisit this monetary sovereignty rationale and offer a wider view—one that considers a broader set of currency functions and captures important cross-country variation.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Debt management, Digital currencies and fintech, Exchange rate regimes, Financial stability, Monetary policy JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42, E5, E52, E58, H, H1, H12, H6, H63
• December 16, 2021

  CARR publishes White Paper on the recommended future of CDOR

  In October 2020, the Canadian Alternative Reference Rate (CARR) working group was tasked with analyzing the current status of the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR) and to make recommendations based on that analysis.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• December 16, 2021

  La Presse

  

  Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada
  Interview with La Presse

  Content Type(s): Press, Media activities
• December 15, 2021

  Building on success

  Speech summary Tiff Macklem Empire Club of Canada Toronto, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem speaks about the Bank of Canada’s monetary policy framework review and the agreement between the Government of Canada and the Bank to renew the 2 percent inflation target.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Topic(s): Central bank research, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Credibility, Expectations, Inflation and prices, Inflation targets, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Monetary policy communications, Monetary policy framework, Monetary policy implementation, Recent economic and financial developments
• December 15, 2021

  Our monetary policy framework: Continuity, clarity and commitment

  Remarks (delivered virtually) Tiff Macklem Empire Club of Canada Toronto, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses the Bank of Canada’s renewed monetary policy framework. He reviews Canada’s experience with flexible inflation targeting and explains why the Bank and the Government of Canada agreed to renew the 2 percent inflation target.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Central bank research, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Credibility, Expectations, Inflation and prices, Inflation targets, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Monetary policy communications, Monetary policy framework, Monetary policy implementation, Recent economic and financial developments
• December 14, 2021

  Summary of Comments – Fall 2021 Debt Management Strategy Consultations

  Today, the Fall 2021 Debt Management Strategy Consultations Summary is being published in conjunction with the release of the Government of Canada’s Economic and Fiscal Update 2021.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• December 13, 2021

  CARR Meeting (December 13, 2021)

  Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• December 13, 2021

  Opening statement by Tiff Macklem

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem National Press Theatre Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses the renewed monetary policy framework agreed upon by the Government of Canada and the Bank of Canada.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Topic(s): Inflation targets, Monetary policy communications, Monetary policy framework, Monetary policy implementation