February 16, 2016
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February 16, 2016
Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation
Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation. -
The Role of the International Monetary Fund in the Post-Crisis World
The International Monetary Fund (IMF, or the Fund) has undergone a number of significant policy changes and reforms in the wake of the global financial crisis. Most notably, in December 2015, the United States approved long-delayed legislation to increase the representation of developing countries in the Fund’s governance structure. -
February 12, 2016
Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo Operations
The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct term repo operations. -
February 12, 2016
Bank of Canada Announces 2016 Scholarship Recipients
The Bank of Canada today announced the inaugural winners of its student Scholarship and Work Placement Program. -
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What Is Behind the Weakness in Global Investment?
The recovery in private business investment globally remains extremely weak more than seven years after the financial crisis. This paper contributes to the ongoing policy debate on the factors behind this weakness by analyzing the role of growth prospects and uncertainty in explaining developments in non-residential private business investment in large advanced economies since the crisis. -
Limits to Arbitrage and Deviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity
We document an increase in deviations from short-term covered interest rate parity (CIP) in the first half of 2015. Since the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) decision to abandon its minimum exchange rate policy, both the magnitude and volatility of deviations from CIP have increased across several currency pairs. The effect is particularly pronounced for pairs involving the Swiss franc. -
February 8, 2016
Monetary Policy and Financial Stability—Looking for the Right Tools
Deputy Governor Tim Lane discusses the links between monetary policy and financial stability. -