The Endogenous Relative Price of Investment Staff Working Paper 2015-30 Joel Wagner This paper takes a full-information model-based approach to evaluate the link between investment-specific technology and the inverse of the relative price of investment. The two-sector model presented includes monopolistic competition where firms can vary the markup charged on their product depending on the number of firms competing. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, L, L1, L11, L16
Examining Full Collateral Coverage in Canada’s Large Value Transfer System Staff Working Paper 2015-29 Lana Embree, Varya Taylor The Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) is Canada’s main electronic interbank funds transfer system that financial institutions use daily to transmit thousands of payments worth several billions of dollars. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): E, E4, E47, G, G2, G21
July 31, 2015 Research Update - July 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
July 30, 2015 Banking and Financial Statistics - July 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
July 27, 2015 Bank of Canada Publishes 2016 Schedule for Policy Interest Rate Announcements and Release of the Monetary Policy Report Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today published its 2016 schedule of the key dates for policy interest rate announcements and release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report, and it reconfirmed the scheduled announcement dates for the remainder of this year. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
July 24, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 24 July 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Revisiting National Border Effects in Foreign Trade in Goods of Canadian Provinces Staff Working Paper 2015-28 Farrukh Suvankulov A significant body of empirical studies demonstrates sizable national border effects in foreign trade of Canadian provinces throughout the 1980s and 1990s. This paper revisits and expands the scope of the border effects analysis by estimating the border effect in trade with U.S. states as well as countries in the European Union (EU) and the G 20 using more recent data from 2001–10. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F14, F15
July 17, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 17 July 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics