July 11, 2014 Weekly Financial Statistics - 11 July 2014 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
July 7, 2014 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Second-Quarter 2014 The survey results point to a further easing in overall business-lending conditions during the second quarter of 2014. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
July 7, 2014 Business Outlook Survey - Summer 2014 The summer Business Outlook Survey continues to offer some encouraging signs for the economic outlook, although lingering uncertainty amid intense competition still hinders the pace of growth. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
July 4, 2014 Weekly Financial Statistics - 4 July 2014 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
June 27, 2014 Weekly Financial Statistics - 27 June 2014 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
June 26, 2014 Banking and Financial Statistics - June 2014 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
June 20, 2014 Weekly Financial Statistics - 20 June 2014 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
June 13, 2014 Weekly Financial Statistics - 13 June 2014 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
June 12, 2014 Stress Testing the Canadian Banking System: A System-Wide Approach Financial System Review - June 2014 Kartik Anand, Guillaume Bédard-Pagé, Virginie Traclet Stress testing is an important tool used by financial authorities and entities around the world to evaluate potential risks to the financial system. Kartik Anand, Guillaume Bédard-Pagé and Virginie Traclet discuss different stress-testing approaches, with emphasis on the innovative and analytically rigorous model developed by the Bank of Canada: the MacroFinancial Risk Assessment Framework (MFRAF). They also present the stress-test results obtained in the context of the 2013 Canada Financial Sector Assessment Program led by the International Monetary Fund, including the important contributions made by the use of MFRAF in the exercise. Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability JEL Code(s): C, C6, C63, G, G0, G01, G2, G21
June 12, 2014 Reforming Financial Benchmarks: An International Perspective Financial System Review - June 2014 Thomas Thorn, Harri Vikstedt Thomas Thorn and Harri Vikstedt examine the efforts being taken internationally and in Canada to enhance the governance and integrity of financial benchmarks. The report provides an overview of how interbank interest rate benchmarks are set and describes the weaknesses in the process that were exposed by the financial crisis. It also explains recent policy developments designed to make global and Canadian interbank benchmarks more robust. Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles Topic(s): Financial markets, Financial system regulation and policies, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): G, G1, G11