January 11, 2010 Canada's Housing Sector in Recession and Recovery: Beyond Bricks and Mortar Remarks David Wolf Edmonton CFA Society Edmonton, Alberta The beginning of a new year is a good time for reflection – a chance to look back over the past 12 months and consider what may lie ahead. Certainly, 2009 saw remarkable economic and financial upheaval around the world, which plunged Canada into a severe recession. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
January 5, 2010 Results of the 5 January 2010 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
The Power of Many: Assessing the Economic Impact of the Global Fiscal Stimulus Staff Discussion Paper 2010-1 Carlos De Resende, René Lalonde, Stephen Snudden The Bank of Canada Global Economy Model (BoC-GEM) is used to examine the effect of various types of discretionary fiscal policies on different regions of the globe. The BoC-GEM is a microfounded dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium global model with six regions, multiple sectors, and international linkages. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Fiscal policy, International topics, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, E58, E6, E61, E63, F, F4, F42
December 31, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Operation In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 20 October (see schedule), the Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a term PRA operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 31, 2009 Summary of Government of Canada - Outstanding as at 31 December 2009 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Securities and loans
December 25, 2009 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2009 The survey results point to the stabilization of overall lending conditions during the fourth quarter of 2009, following a number of consecutive quarters of credit tightening for business borrowers (Chart 1). Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
December 23, 2009 Operational Change to the Cash-Management Bond Buyback Program In light of the significant size of some specific key maturity dates and comments received during the Debt Strategy Consultations 2010 – 11, the eligibility criteria for the inclusion of Government of Canada bonds in the cash-management bond buyback operations have been changed. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 21, 2009 Results of the 21 December 2009 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 18, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Operation In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 20 October (see schedule), the Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a term PRA operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 17, 2009 Quarterly Bond Schedule and Updates to the Terms of Participation in Auctions and Standard Terms Today, the Quarterly Bond Schedule is being published on the Bank of Canada's website in conjunction with the release of the NHA MBS Auction Schedule on the website of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices