April 17, 2013 Monetary Policy Report – April 2013 Following growth of 1.8 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 1.5 per cent in 2013, 2.8 percent in 2014 and 2.7 in 2015, and to reach full capacity in mid-2015, later than anticipated in the January Report. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
April 12, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 12 April 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Countercyclical Bank Capital Requirement and Optimized Monetary Policy Rules Staff Working Paper 2013-8 Carlos De Resende, Ali Dib, René Lalonde, Nikita Perevalov Using BoC-GEM-Fin, a large-scale DSGE model with real, nominal and financial frictions featuring a banking sector, we explore the macroeconomic implications of various types of countercyclical bank capital regulations. Results suggest that countercyclical capital requirements have a significant stabilizing effect on key macroeconomic variables, but mostly after financial shocks. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Financial institutions, Financial stability, International topics JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, E4, E44, E5, G, G1, G2
April 8, 2013 Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2013 Taken together, responses to the spring survey indicate that, following a recent slowing in economic activity, firms expect business conditions to remain challenging over the next 12 months. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
April 8, 2013 Senior Loan Officer Survey - First-Quarter 2013 The survey results point to a slight easing in overall business-lending conditions during the first quarter of 2013. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
April 5, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 5 April 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
April 2, 2013 Rebalancing the International Economic Order Presentation John Murray Peterson Institute for International Economics Washington, D.C. Deputy Governor John Murray discusses the urgent need to rotate global demand. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
April 1, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 1 April 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics