Staff analytical notes are short articles that focus on topical issues relevant to the current economic and financial context.
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result(s)
BoC-BoE Sovereign Default Database: What’s New in 2020?
Staff Analytical Note 2020-13
David Beers,
Elliot Jones,
John Walsh
The Boc–BoE database of sovereign debt defaults, published and updated annually by the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, provides comprehensive estimates of stocks of government obligations in default. The 2020 edition includes a new section examining the scale of domestic arrears in 2018.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Debt management,
Development economics,
Financial stability,
International financial markets
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F34,
G,
G1,
G10,
G14,
G15
CBDC adoption and usage: some insights from field and laboratory experiments
Staff Analytical Note 2020-12
Janet Hua Jiang
This note discusses insights from historical launches of new payment methods and related laboratory experiments on the potential adoption and use of a central bank digital currency in the Canadian context.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Digital currencies and fintech
JEL Code(s):
C,
C9,
E,
E4,
E5,
E58
Security of a CBDC
Staff Analytical Note 2020-11
Cyrus Minwalla
Security is an important element in ensuring public confidence in a central bank digital currency (CBDC). This note highlights the required security properties of a CBDC system and the challenges encountered with existing solutions, should the Bank of Canada choose to issue one.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Digital currencies and fintech
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E42,
E5,
E51,
O,
O3,
O31
Designing a CBDC for universal access
Staff Analytical Note 2020-10
John Miedema,
Cyrus Minwalla,
Martine Warren,
Dinesh Shah
If the Bank of Canada issues a central bank digital currency, the technology should be designed for universal access.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Digital currencies and fintech
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E41,
O,
O3,
O31
Privacy in CBDC technology
Staff Analytical Note 2020-9
Sriram Darbha,
Rakesh Arora
Privacy is a key aspect of a potential central bank digital currency system. We outline different technical choices to enact various privacy models while complying with the appropriate regulations. We develop a framework to evaluate privacy models and list key risks and trade-offs in privacy design.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Digital currencies and fintech
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E42,
E5,
E51,
O,
O3
Household indebtedness risks in the wake of COVID‑19
Staff Analytical Note 2020-8
Olga Bilyk,
Anson T. Y. Ho,
Mikael Khan,
Geneviève Vallée
COVID-19 presents challenges for indebted households. We assess these by drawing parallels between pandemics and natural disasters. Taking into account the financial health of the household sector when the pandemic began, we run model simulations to illustrate how payment deferrals and the labour market recovery will affect mortgage defaults.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Climate change,
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Credit and credit aggregates,
Econometric and statistical methods,
Financial stability,
Fiscal policy,
Housing,
Recent economic and financial developments,
Sectoral balance sheet
JEL Code(s):
C,
C2,
C21,
D,
D1,
D12,
D14,
E,
E2,
E24,
E27,
E6,
E62,
G,
G2,
G21,
G28,
R,
R2
A Uniform Currency in a Cashless Economy
Staff Analytical Note 2020-7
Walter Engert,
Ben Fung
A number of questions can arise when considering the implications of a cashless society. This note considers whether cash is necessary for a uniform currency.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Bank notes,
Digital currencies and fintech,
Financial services,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E41,
E42,
E5
Technology Approach for a CBDC
Staff Analytical Note 2020-6
Dinesh Shah,
Rakesh Arora,
Han Du,
Sriram Darbha,
John Miedema,
Cyrus Minwalla
In this note, we highlight a range of technical options and considerations in designing a contingent system for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Canada and explore how these options achieve stated public policy goals.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Digital currencies and fintech
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E42,
E5,
E51,
O,
O3,
O31
CBDC and Monetary Sovereignty
Staff Analytical Note 2020-5
Antonio Diez de los Rios,
Yu Zhu
In an increasingly digitalized world, issuers of private digital currency can weaken central banks’ ability to stabilize the economy. By continuing to make central bank money attractive as a payment instrument in a digital world, a central bank digital currency (CDBC) could help to maintain a country’s monetary sovereignty.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Digital currencies and fintech,
Monetary policy
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E52,
E58,
F,
F5,
F55,
G,
G1,
G15