July 9, 2024 What drives up the price of groceries Weather, energy prices, and labour and import costs all contribute to higher grocery prices Content Type(s): Publications, The Economy, Plain and Simple Topic(s): Exchange rates, Inflation and prices, Inflation targets, Labour markets
Analysis of DeFi Oracles Staff Discussion Paper 2024-10 Xun Deng, Sidi Mohamed Beillahi, Cyrus Minwalla, Han Du, Andreas Veneris, Fan Long Oracles are constructs used in decentralized finance to price assets relative to each other. However, oracles contain defects that could lead to manipulation attacks. Such attacks exploit pricing models embedded within oracles to defraud creators and users. We automatically verify defects, which if mitigated, improves the security of digital currency. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Central bank research, Digital currencies and fintech, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): E, E4, E42, E5, E51, G, G1, G15, O, O3, O31
Deriving Longer-Term Inflation Expectations and Inflation Risk Premium Measures for Canada Staff Discussion Paper 2024-9 Bruno Feunou, Zabi Tarshi We present two models for long-term inflation expectations and inflation risk premiums for Canada. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods JEL Code(s): C, C5, C58, E, E4, E43, E47, G, G1, G12
July 8, 2024 CARR Meeting (July 8, 2024) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
July 4, 2024 International Conference on Payments and Securities Settlement: Data and Information The Deutsche Bundesbank will host the International Conference on Payments and Securities Settlement: Data and Information in Eltville, Germany on July 4 and 5, 2024. Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops