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The Efficiency of Private E-Money-Like Systems: The U.S. Experience with National Bank Notes
Staff Working Paper 2015-3
Warren E. Weber
Beginning in 1864, in the United States notes of national banks were the predominant medium of exchange. Each national bank issued its own notes. E-money shares many of the characteristics of these bank notes.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Bank notes,
Digital currencies and fintech,
Financial services
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E41,
E42,
E5,
E58
International Spillovers of Large-Scale Asset Purchases
Staff Working Paper 2015-2
Sami Alpanda,
Serdar Kabaca
This paper evaluates the international spillover effects of large-scale asset purchases (LSAPs) using a two-country dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model with nominal and real rigidities, and portfolio balance effects.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
International topics,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E52,
F,
F4,
F41
Measuring Potential Output at the Bank of Canada: The Extended Multivariate Filter and the Integrated Framework
Staff Discussion Paper 2015-1
Lise Pichette,
Pierre St-Amant,
Ben Tomlin,
Karine Anoma
Estimating potential output and the output gap - the difference between actual output and its potential - is important for the proper conduct of monetary policy. However, the measurement and interpretation of potential output, and hence the output gap, is fraught with uncertainty, since it is unobservable.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Inflation and prices,
Labour markets,
Productivity
JEL Code(s):
E,
E0,
E3,
E31,
E5,
E52
Immigrants and Mortgage Delinquency in the United States
Staff Working Paper 2015-1
Zhenguo Lin,
Yingchun Liu,
Jia Xie
We investigate the relationship between immigrant status and mortgage delinquency in the United States.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Debt management,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
G,
G2,
G21,
J,
J1,
J15
Demographics and the Demand for Currency
Staff Working Paper 2014-59
Geoffrey R. Dunbar
I use data from the Bank of Canada’s Bank Note Distribution System and exploit a natural experiment offered by the timing of Easter in the Gregorian calendar to analyze the effects of demographic change for currency demand.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Bank notes,
Econometric and statistical methods
JEL Code(s):
C,
C3,
C31,
C36,
E,
E4,
E41
Addressing Household Indebtedness: Monetary, Fiscal or Macroprudential Policy?
Staff Working Paper 2014-58
Sami Alpanda,
Sarah Zubairy
In this paper, we build a dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model with housing and household debt, and compare the effectiveness of monetary policy, housing-related fiscal policy, and macroprudential regulations in reducing household indebtedness.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Financial system regulation and policies,
Housing,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E52,
E6,
E62,
R,
R3,
R38
International Spillovers of Policy Uncertainty
Staff Working Paper 2014-57
Stefan Klößner,
Rodrigo Sekkel
Using the Baker et al. (2013) index of policy uncertainty for six developed countries, this paper estimates spillovers of policy uncertainty. We find that spillovers account for slightly more than one-fourth of the dynamics of policy uncertainty in these countries, with this share rising to one-half during the financial crisis.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods
JEL Code(s):
C,
C3,
D,
D8,
D80,
F,
F4,
F42
Why Do Canadian Firms Invest and Operate Abroad? Implications for Canadian Exports
Staff Discussion Paper 2014-7
Martin Coiteux,
Patrick Rizzetto,
Lena Suchanek,
Jane Voll
Canadian foreign direct investment and sales of Canadian multinational firms’ operations abroad, particularly in the manufacturing industry and in the United States, have accelerated sharply over the past decade.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
International topics,
Recent economic and financial developments
JEL Code(s):
F,
F1,
F10,
F2,
F21,
F23,
F4,
F41
High-Frequency Trading around Macroeconomic News Announcements: Evidence from the U.S. Treasury Market
Staff Working Paper 2014-56
George Jiang,
Ingrid Lo,
Giorgio Valente
This paper investigates high-frequency (HF) market and limit orders in the U.S. Treasury market around major macroeconomic news announcements. BrokerTec introduced i- Cross at the end of 2007 and we use this exogenous event as an instrument to analyze the impact of HF activities on liquidity and price efficiency.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial markets
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G10,
G12,
G14