May 14, 2020
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May 14, 2020
Financial System Review—2020
This issue of the Financial System Review focuses on the impact of COVID 19. The pandemic presents an unprecedented shock to the Canadian economy. This report identifies the effects on the Canadian financial system and explains how recent actions by the Bank and other policy-makers are helping to manage them. It further describes how a resilient financial system can help households and businesses smooth the effects of the COVID-19 shock and prepare for a robust recovery. -
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May 13, 2020
Liquidity Conditions in Canadian Fixed-Income Markets During Covid-19 - May 13, 2020
Liquidity Conditions in Canadian Fixed-Income Markets During Covid-19 -
May 11, 2020
The Bank of Canada launches application period for 2020 scholarship awards
The application period is open until August 1. These awards are designed to assist students with disabilities, Indigenous students and those who identify as a member of a visible minority group in furthering their education. -
Endogenous Time Variation in Vector Autoregressions
We introduce a new class of time-varying parameter vector autoregressions (TVP-VARs) where the identified structural innovations are allowed to influence — contemporaneously and with a lag — the dynamics of the intercept and autoregressive coefficients in these models. -
Is Central Bank Currency Fundamental to the Monetary System?
In this paper, we discuss whether the ability of individuals to convert commercial bank money (i.e., bank deposits) into central bank money is fundamentally important for the monetary system. -
May 6, 2020
Annual Report 2019
The Annual Report outlines the Bank’s activities and achievements in 2019. It includes the financial statements and a message from Governor Stephen S. Poloz. -
May 6, 2020
The Bank of Canada Releases Its Annual Report for 2019
The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report for 2019 was tabled in the House of Commons today. -
May 4, 2020
Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (May 11-May 22)
As announced on March 27, 2020, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market.