August 10, 2010 Bank notes: Resources for the general public This section features useful tools to help you get to know Canada's polymer bank notes and learn how to verify their security features.
August 10, 2010 Counterfeit prevention Learn why it’s important to check your notes, and how to deal with suspicious money.
August 6, 2010 Official International Reserves Access the weekly Reserves data on the first business day following the 8th, 15th and 23rd day of each month. The monthly Reserves data will be posted on the Department of Finance website on the third business day following month-end.
August 6, 2010 Foreign exchange intervention Updated if and when the Bank intervenes in foreign exchange markets.
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Identifying Asymmetric Comovements of International Stock Market Returns Staff Working Paper 2010-21 Fuchun Li Based on a new approach for measuring the comovements between stock market returns, we provide a nonparametric test for asymmetric comovements in the sense that stock market downturns will lead to stronger comovements than market upturns. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, International topics JEL Code(s): C, C4, C49, F, F2, F21, G, G1, G15, G19
August 4, 2010 Fellowship Award Annual research grants and expense allowances for a term of up to five years.
Asset-Liability Management: An Overview Staff Discussion Paper 2010-10 Yuliya Romanyuk Relevant literature on asset-liability management (ALM) is reviewed and different ALM approaches are discussed that may be of interest to the Bank of Canada for the purpose of modelling the Exchange Fund Account (EFA). Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Foreign reserves management JEL Code(s): G, G1, G11
Inventories in ToTEM Staff Discussion Paper 2010-9 Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Yang Zhang ToTEM – the Bank of Canada’s principal projection and policy-analysis model for the Canadian economy – is extended to include inventories. In the model, firms accumulate inventories of finished goods for their role in facilitating the demand for goods. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Economic models JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, E32