March 22, 2007 Spring 2007 Consultations – Views Sought on the Auction Plan for Real Return Bonds A consultation document relating to the auction schedule for Real Return Bonds for the fiscal year 2007/08, prepared jointly by the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada, is being made public today. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 22, 2007 Promoting Economic Flexibility: A Shared Responsibility Presentation Paul Jenkins The Economist Business Roundtable with the Government of Canada These remarks are based on a to the Vancouver Board of Trade, 13 September 2006. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
March 22, 2007 Spring 2007 Consultations Document In view of the announcement in the Debt Management Strategy for 2007/08 of an increase in the issuance of Real Return Bonds (RRBs) to slightly over $2 billion, the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking the views of institutional investors, government securities distributors, and other interested parties regarding the RRB auction plan.
March 19, 2007 Summary of Comments - 2007/08 Debt Strategy Consultations Today, a Summary of Comments on the Debt Strategy Consultations for 2007/08 is being published on the Bank's website in conjunction with the release of the government's Debt Management Strategy for 2007/08 on the Department of Finance website. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 19, 2007 Summary of Comments – 2007/08 Debt Strategy Consultations In December 2006, officials from the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada sought views from government securities distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on the state of the Government of Canada securities market in an environment of limited borrowing needs.
Corporate Balance Sheets in Developed Economies: Implications for Investment Staff Working Paper 2007-24 Denise Côté, Christopher Graham In this paper, the authors examine the aggregate national balance-sheets of non-financial corporations in Australia and the G7 countries with a view to assessing both their financial structure and their financial position. More importantly, the authors investigate whether the financial position of non-financial corporations (i.e., debt-to-equity ratio) is material to the economy's investment prospects and whether the importance of this channel differs depending on the structure of corporate financing i.e., bank-based or market-oriented financing structures. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, International topics JEL Code(s): E, E2, E22, E3, E32, E4, E44
Order Aggressiveness and Quantity: How Are They Determined in a Limit Order Market? Staff Working Paper 2007-23 Ingrid Lo, Stephen Sapp Dealers trading in a limit order market must choose both the order aggressiveness and the quantity for their orders. We empirically investigate how dealers jointly make these decisions in the foreign exchange market using a unique simultaneous equations model. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G1, G14
March 9, 2007 Bank of Canada Announces Research Fellowship for 2007 Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that Professor Jean-Marie Dufour of the Université de Montréal is the recipient of the Bank's Research Fellowship for 2007. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Fellowship Program
IMF-Supported Adjustment Programs: Welfare Implications and the Catalytic Effect Staff Working Paper 2007-22 Carlos De Resende The author studies the welfare implications of adjustment programs supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He uses a model where an endogenous borrowing constraint, set up by international lenders who will never lend more than a debt ceiling, forces the borrowing economy to always choose repayment over default. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F32, F33, F34, F4, F41
March 8, 2007 Dodge discusses the importance of flexibility in meeting economic challenges Media Relations Calgary, Alberta In a speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, Governor Dodge explained that while strong macroeconomic conditions are necessary for meeting the challenges of the global economy, additional work on microeconomic policies is still needed. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases