Fourier Inversion Formulas for Multiple-Asset Option Pricing Staff Working Paper 2015-11 Bruno Feunou, Ernest Tafolong Plain vanilla options have a single underlying asset and a single condition on the payoff at the expiration date. For this class of options, a well-known result of Duffie, Pan and Singleton (2000) shows how to invert the characteristic function to obtain a closed-form formula for their prices. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Asset pricing JEL Code(s): G, G1, G12
Effects of Funding Portfolios on the Credit Supply of Canadian Banks Staff Working Paper 2015-10 H. Evren Damar, Césaire Meh, Yaz Terajima This paper studies how banks simultaneously manage the two sides of their balance sheet and its implications for bank risk taking and real economic activity. First, we analyze how changes in funding affect the supply of bank loans. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Monetary policy implementation JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, G, G2, G21
March 6, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 6 March 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
March 4, 2015 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 3/4 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
February 28, 2015 Research Update - February 2015 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
February 27, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 27 February 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
February 26, 2015 Banking and Financial Statistics - February 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
February 25, 2015 Operational Test of Standing Central Bank Swap Arrangements As part of an exercise to test the operational readiness of existing standing swap arrangements with other central banks, the Bank of Canada will conduct a small-value Canadian-dollar operation with the European Central Bank, drawing euros against Canadian dollars. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices