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Competition in the Cryptocurrency Market
We analyze how network effects affect competition in the nascent cryptocurrency market. We do so by examining the changes over time in exchange rate data among cryptocurrencies. -
Commodity Price Co-Movement and Global Economic Activity
Guided by a macroeconomic model in which non-energy commodity prices are endogenously determined, we apply a new factor-based identification strategy to decompose the historical sources of changes in commodity prices and global economic activity. -
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July 31, 2014
Research Update - July 2014
This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website. -
July 29, 2014
Bank of Canada Publishes 2015 Schedule for Policy Interest Rate Announcements and Release of the Monetary Policy Report
The Bank of Canada today published its 2015 schedule of the key dates for policy interest rate announcements and release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report, and reconfirmed the scheduled announcement dates for the remainder of this year.
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July 28, 2014
Qualifying Central Counterparties
This notice is being jointly issued by the Bank of Canada (BoC), the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC), the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF, Québec), the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), the Manitoba Securities Commission (MSC) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). -
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Analyzing and Forecasting the Canadian Economy through the LENS Model
The authors describe the key features of a new large-scale Canadian macroeconomic forecasting model developed over the past two years at the Bank of Canada.