January 11, 2010
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January 11, 2010
Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2009-2010
Causes and consequences of declining inflation persistence in Canada; the evolution of capital flows to emerging-market economies (EMEs) and the need for EMEs to implement policies that support capital flows; making bank notes accessible for Canadians living with blindness or low vision, sharing assessments of the suite of accessibility features on the current series of bank notes and plans for the next series. -
January 11, 2010
Canada's Housing Sector in Recession and Recovery: Beyond Bricks and Mortar
The beginning of a new year is a good time for reflection – a chance to look back over the past 12 months and consider what may lie ahead. Certainly, 2009 saw remarkable economic and financial upheaval around the world, which plunged Canada into a severe recession. -
January 5, 2010
Results of the 5 January 2010 Term PRA Transaction
The results of today's term PRA operations. -
The Power of Many: Assessing the Economic Impact of the Global Fiscal Stimulus
The Bank of Canada Global Economy Model (BoC-GEM) is used to examine the effect of various types of discretionary fiscal policies on different regions of the globe. The BoC-GEM is a microfounded dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium global model with six regions, multiple sectors, and international linkages. -
December 31, 2009
Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Operation
In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 20 October (see schedule), the Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a term PRA operation. -
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December 25, 2009
Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2009
The survey results point to the stabilization of overall lending conditions during the fourth quarter of 2009, following a number of consecutive quarters of credit tightening for business borrowers (Chart 1). -
December 23, 2009
Operational Change to the Cash-Management Bond Buyback Program
In light of the significant size of some specific key maturity dates and comments received during the Debt Strategy Consultations 2010 – 11, the eligibility criteria for the inclusion of Government of Canada bonds in the cash-management bond buyback operations have been changed. -
December 21, 2009
Results of the 21 December 2009 Term PRA Transaction
The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows.