April 4, 2016 A Bank NOTE-able Canadian Woman: Advisory Council members and Expert Panel members Find out who our Advisory Council and Expert Panel members are, and who they selected for the short list.
April 1, 2016 Weekly Financial Statistics - 1 April 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
April 1, 2016 Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2016 Business sentiment in the spring Business Outlook Survey improved but remains subdued overall. The positive impetus coming from sustained foreign demand continues to be largely offset by the persistent drag and spillovers from the oil price shock. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
April 1, 2016 Senior Loan Officer Survey - First-Quarter 2016 The survey results suggest that overall business-lending conditions continued to tighten slightly, on balance, during the first quarter of 2016. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
March 31, 2016 Updates to the Overnight Money Market Financing Rate As part of a periodic exercise to review and update current definitions, the Overnight Money Market Financing Rate (OMMFR) has been updated to provide more clarity on the calculation of this metric, specifically the types of collateral and transactions that are included. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 31, 2016 Banking and Financial Statistics - March 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
A Bitcoin Standard: Lessons from the Gold Standard Staff Working Paper 2016-14 Warren E. Weber This paper imagines a world in which countries are on the Bitcoin standard, a monetary system in which all media of exchange are Bitcoin or are backed by it. The paper explores the similarities and differences between the Bitcoin standard and the gold standard and describes the media of exchange that would exist under the Bitcoin standard. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech, Exchange rates, Financial services, Inflation and prices JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42, E5, E58
March 31, 2016 Research Update - March 2016 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