January 13, 2012 Weekly Financial Statistics - 13 January 2012 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
January 9, 2012 Business Outlook Survey - Winter 2011-12 Responses to the winter survey suggest that the global economic outlook and concerns about demand continue to weigh on firms’ expectations for business activity. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
January 9, 2012 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2011 The survey results indicate almost no change in overall business-lending conditions during the fourth quarter of 2011. This follows several consecutive quarters of easing credit conditions for business borrowers. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
January 6, 2012 Weekly Financial Statistics - 6 January 2012 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
December 31, 2011 Summary of Government of Canada - Outstanding as at 31 December 2011 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Securities and loans
December 8, 2011 Strengthening Bank Management of Liquidity Risk: The Basel III Liquidity Standards Financial System Review - December 2011 Natasha Khan, Tamara Gomes Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
December 8, 2011 Financial System Review - December 2011 In this issue of the Financial System Review, the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council judges that the risks to the stability of Canada’s financial system are high and have increased markedly over the past six months, owing primarily to an escalation of the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area and a weaker global economic outlook. Erratum: The data for Chart 7 on page 8 were plotted incorrectly. See revised chart. Content Type(s): Publications, Financial Stability Report
November 28, 2011 Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2011 Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2011 - For the period ended 30 September 2011 Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
November 17, 2011 The International Monetary System: An Assessment and Avenue for Reform Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2011 Lawrence L. Schembri, Eric Santor The current international monetary system is in need of reform. This article first provides an assessment of the existing system, highlighting both its strengths and weaknesses. It notes that the system has not facilitated the symmetric and timely adjustment in the real exchange rate necessary to accommodate the integration of China and other emerging-market economies into the global economy. This lack of adjustment contributed to the global financial crisis and recession and, because it is forestalling the required rotation of global demand, is hindering the global recovery. The article then discusses reform of the system that would see all systemically important countries and currency areas adopt market-based and convertible floating exchange rates supported by appropriate monetary, fiscal and financial sector policy frameworks. It also examines the roles of the G-20 countries and major international financial institutions in promoting and facilitating the system’s transition. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Exchange rate regimes, International topics
November 17, 2011 Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2011 This issue features four articles that present research and analysis by Bank staff. The first focuses on reforming the international monetary system; the second on the role of collateral and haircut policy in central bank lending; and the third on the extraction of information from the Business Outlook Survey using principal-component analysis. The fourth reviews studies that model the counterfeiting of bank notes. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review