March 21, 2017 Getting Down to Business: Investment and the Economic Outlook Remarks Lawrence L. Schembri Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Vancouver, British Columbia Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses the factors affecting business investment and the implications for the economic outlook. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Domestic demand and components, Inflation and prices, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Recent economic and financial developments
March 17, 2017 Weekly Financial Statistics - 17 March 2017 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
March 15, 2017 IMF Managing Director Welcomes Establishment of High Level Advisory Group on FinTech This press release, issued by the International Monetary Fund, announces the creation of the High Level Advisory Group on FinTech. Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins is among the members of the new advisory group. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
March 14, 2017 Bank of Canada announces 2016-2017 scholarship recipients Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced the winners of its Scholarship and Work Placement Program, which is designed to assist Indigenous students and students with disabilities in furthering their education. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Scholarship awards
March 10, 2017 Weekly Financial Statistics - 10 March 2017 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Small‐Sample Tests for Stock Return Predictability with Possibly Non‐Stationary Regressors and GARCH‐Type Effects Staff Working Paper 2017-10 Sermin Gungor, Richard Luger We develop a simulation-based procedure to test for stock return predictability with multiple regressors. The process governing the regressors is left completely free and the test procedure remains valid in small samples even in the presence of non-normalities and GARCH-type effects in the stock returns. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Asset pricing, Econometric and statistical methods, Financial markets JEL Code(s): C, C1, C12, C3, C32, G, G1, G14
March 3, 2017 Weekly Financial Statistics - 3 March 2017 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
March 2, 2017 Thermometer Rising—Climate Change and Canada’s Economic Future Remarks Timothy Lane Finance and Sustainability Initiative Montréal, Quebec Deputy Governor Tim Lane discusses the implications of climate change—and actions to address it—for Canada’s economy and financial system. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Central bank research, Climate change, Financial markets, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, International financial markets, International topics
March 1, 2017 Bank of Canada begins publishing new foreign exchange rate data Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today began publishing new data on the foreign exchange (FX) rate for 26 currencies, intended for statistical, analytical and informational purposes only. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee