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Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Consumer Prices: Theory and Recent Evidence
Staff Discussion Paper 2015-9
Laurence Savoie-Chabot,
Mikael Khan
In an open economy such as Canada’s, exchange rate movements can have a material impact on consumer prices. This is particularly important in the current context, with the significant depreciation of the Canadian dollar vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar since late 2012.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
Inflation and prices
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
E5,
E52,
F,
F3,
F31
The Optimal Level of the Inflation Target: A Selective Review of the Literature and Outstanding Issues
Staff Discussion Paper 2015-8
Oleksiy Kryvtsov,
Rhys R. Mendes
Bank of Canada research done prior to the most recent renewal of the inflation-control agreement in 2011 concluded that the benefits associated with a target below 2 per cent were insufficient to justify the increased risk of being constrained by the zero lower bound (ZLB) on nominal interest rates.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Inflation targets,
Inflation: costs and benefits,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E52,
E58
On the Nexus of Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: Recent Developments and Research
Staff Discussion Paper 2015-7
Oleksiy Kryvtsov,
Miguel Molico,
Ben Tomlin
Because financial and macroeconomic conditions are tightly interconnected, financial stability considerations are an important element of any monetary policy framework. Yet, the circumstances under which it would be appropriate for the Bank to use monetary policy to lean against financial risks need to be more fully specified (Côté 2014).
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Financial stability,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E0,
E4,
E44,
E5,
E52,
E58,
G,
G1,
G18
Shock Transmission Through International Banks: Canada
Technical Report No. 105
James Chapman,
H. Evren Damar
In this paper, we investigate how liquidity conditions in Canada may affect domestic and/or foreign lending of globally active banks and whether this transmission is influenced by individual bank characteristics.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E44,
F,
F3,
F36,
G,
G2,
G21,
G3,
G32
Public Policy Objectives and the Next Generation of CPA Systems: An Analytical Framework
Staff Discussion Paper 2015-6
James Chapman,
Jonathan Chiu,
Sajjad Jafri,
Héctor Pérez Saiz
The payments landscape in Canada is rapidly changing and will continue to evolve, fuelled by strong and persistent drivers. In Canada, the Canadian Payments Association (CPA) is on a path to modernize Canada’s core payment systems.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Financial services,
Financial system regulation and policies,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E42,
L,
L1,
L14,
L15,
L5,
L52
The Carrot and the Stick: The Business Cycle Implications of Incentive Pay in the Labor Search Model
Staff Working Paper 2015-35
Julien Champagne
This paper considers a real business cycle model with labor search frictions where two types of incentive pay are explicitly introduced following the insights from the micro literature on performance pay (e.g. Lazear, 1986).
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Labour markets
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E24,
J,
J3,
J33,
J4,
J41
Heterogeneity in the Dynamic Effects of Uncertainty on Investment
Staff Working Paper 2015-34
Sungje Byun,
Soojin Jo
How does aggregate profit uncertainty influence investment activity at the firm level? We propose a parsimonious adaptation of a factor-autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity model to exploit information in a subindustry sales panel for an efficient and tractable estimation of aggregate volatility.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Domestic demand and components,
Econometric and statistical methods,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
C,
C2,
C22,
C23,
D,
D8,
D80,
E,
E2,
E22
Decomposing Movements in U.S. Non-Energy Import Market Shares
Staff Discussion Paper 2015-5
Russell Barnett,
Karyne B. Charbonneau
Country market shares of U.S. non-energy imports have changed considerably since 2002, with varying volatility across three subperiods: pre-crisis (2002–07), crisis (2007–09) and post-crisis (2009–14). In this paper, we analyze market shares for four main trading partners of the United States (Canada, Mexico, China and Japan).
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F1,
F10,
F14,
F4
Cheap But Flighty: How Global Imbalances Create Financial Fragility
Staff Working Paper 2015-33
Enrico Perotti,
Toni Ahnert
We analyze how a wealth shift to emerging countries may lead to instability in developed countries. Investors exposed to expropriation risk are willing to pay a safety premium to invest in countries with good property rights.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
G,
G2