October 10, 2017 Selected monetary aggregates and their components (formerly E1) Selected monthly measures of the amount of money in circulation, covering currency, various types of deposits and other retail instruments. This includes M2, M3, M2+, M2++, M1+, M1++. Content Type(s): Banking and financial statistics
October 10, 2017 Chartered banks: Total claims booked worldwide vis-à-vis non-residents (formerly C10) Quarter-end data on chartered bank non-residents’ foreign and Canadian currency claims. Content Type(s): Banking and financial statistics
Wages: Measurement and Key Drivers Staff Analytical Note 2018-2 Dany Brouillette, Jonathan Lachaine, Benoit Vincent Available sources of hourly wage data in Canada sometimes send conflicting signals about wage growth. This note thus has two objectives: first, we develop a wage measure—the wage-common—to better capture the (underlying) wage pressures reflecting the common trend across the available data sources. Second, we re-examine the relationship between wage growth and macro drivers (labour market slack and labour productivity). Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Labour markets, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): C, C3, C38, J, J3
January 10, 2018 Bank of Canada announces 2017–18 scholarship recipients Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of its Scholarship and Work Placement Program for Indigenous students and students with disabilities. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Scholarship awards
January 17, 2018 Monetary Policy Report – January 2018 Growth in the Canadian economy is projected to slow from 3 per cent in 2017 to 2.2 per cent this year and 1.6 per cent in 2019. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
January 17, 2018 Bank of Canada increases overnight rate target to 1 1/4 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 1 1/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/2 per cent and the deposit rate is 1 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
Canada’s Experience with Trade Policy Staff Discussion Paper 2018-1 Karyne B. Charbonneau, Daniel de Munnik, Laura Murphy This paper compiles the contemporary view on three major Canadian-led trade policies that have marked Canada’s economic history since Confederation: the National Policy (1879), the Canada–US Agreement on Automotive Products (Auto Pact, 1965) and the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement (FTA, 1989, including its extension to the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, 1994). Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): International topics, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F13, N, N7, N71, N72
Merchant Acceptance of Cash and Credit Cards at the Point of Sale Staff Analytical Note 2018-1 Ben Fung, Kim Huynh, Kerry Nield, Angelika Welte Recent data show that the use of credit cards in Canada has been increasing, while the use of cash has been declining. At the same time, only two-thirds of small or medium-sized businesses accept credit cards. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Bank notes, Digital currencies and fintech, Econometric and statistical methods, Financial services JEL Code(s): C, C2, D, D1, E, E4, E41
October 12, 2017 Government of Canada bonds outstanding by currency of payments (formerly K8) Month-end bonds outstanding data by currency for Government of Canada. Content Type(s): Banking and financial statistics
October 10, 2017 Chartered banks: Regional distribution of selected assets (formerly C5) Quarter-end data on chartered bank assets by provinces and territories. Content Type(s): Banking and financial statistics