October 15, 2018 Senior Loan Officer Survey—Third Quarter of 2018 Household lending conditions were almost unchanged this quarter, while competition for corporate borrowers continues to drive an easing in business lending conditions. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
October 15, 2018 CARR Meeting (October 15, 2018) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
October 12, 2018 Fiscal agent for the Government of Canada We are the fiscal agent for the Government. We provide treasury-management services and manage Canada’s public debt programs and foreign exchange reserves.
October 12, 2018 Macrofinancial Issues Workshop This workshop, hosted by our Financial Stability Department, brings together top researchers from Canada and the United States, to discuss macro-financial issues such as the housing market, banking and regulatory policies. This event will be a precursor to two-day annual meetings of academic and business professionals more broadly focused on financial systems issues. Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops
October 10, 2018 Bank of Canada launches new program to foster collaboration with innovators Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada is looking for partners in the private sector and academia to experiment with digital tools and technology, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
October 4, 2018 Bank of Canada partners with Canadian Foundation for Economic Education to launch new website Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario Today, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz welcomed students and teachers to the Bank of Canada Museum for the launch of Money and Monetary Policy in Canada. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
The Size and Destination of China’s Portfolio Outflows Staff Discussion Paper 2018-11 Rose Cunningham, Eden Hatzvi, Kun Mo The size of China’s financial system raises the possibility that the liberalization of its capital account could have a large effect on the global financial system. This paper provides a counterfactual scenario analysis that estimates what the size and direction of China’s overseas portfolio investments would have been in 2015 if China had had no restrictions on these outflows. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Econometric and statistical methods, International topics JEL Code(s): C, C2, C23, F, F2, F21, F3, F32, G, G1, G15
Disaggregating Household Sensitivity to Monetary Policy by Expenditure Category Staff Analytical Note 2018-32 Tony Chernis, Corinne Luu Because the Bank of Canada has started withdrawing monetary stimulus, monitoring the transmission of these changes to monetary policy will be important. Subcomponents of consumption and housing will likely respond differently to a monetary policy tightening, both in terms of the aggregate effect and timing. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Domestic demand and components, Econometric and statistical methods, Housing, Interest rates, Monetary policy transmission, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): C, C3, C32, E, E2, E21, E22, E4, E43, E47, E5, E52