Policy Rules for Capital Controls Staff Working Paper 2017-42 Gurnain Pasricha This paper attempts to borrow the tradition of estimating policy reaction functions in monetary policy literature and apply it to capital controls policy literature. Using a novel weekly dataset on capital controls policy actions in 21 emerging economies over the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2015, I examine the mercantilist and macroprudential motivations for capital control policies. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rate regimes, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F4, F5, G, G0, G1
October 3, 2017 Chartered Banks: Notes for Banking and Financial Statistics Access notes on banking and financial statistics for chartered bank activity since 1990.
October 3, 2017 Seeking Gazelles in Polar Bear Country Remarks Sylvain Leduc Sherbrooke Chamber of Commerce Sherbrooke, Quebec Deputy Governor Sylvain Leduc discusses the decline in firm creation and productivity in the Canadian economy. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Firm dynamics, International topics, Market structure and pricing, Potential output, Productivity
October 3, 2017 CFIF Meeting (October 3, 2017) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
September 30, 2017 Research Update - September 2017 This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website. Content Type(s): Staff research, Research newsletters
Global Trade Flows: Revisiting the Exchange Rate Elasticities Staff Working Paper 2017-41 Matthieu Bussière, Guillaume Gaulier, Walter Steingress This paper contributes to the debate on the magnitude of exchange rate elasticities by providing a set of price and quantity elasticities for 51 advanced and emerging-market economies. Specifically, for each of these countries we report the elasticity of trade prices and trade quantities on both the export and on the import sides, as well as the reaction of the trade balance. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Inflation and prices, International topics JEL Code(s): C, C5, C51, F, F1, F14, F3, F31, F33, F4, F41
September 29, 2017 Weekly Financial Statistics - 29 September 2017 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics