Educational Spillovers: Does One Size Fit All? Staff Working Paper 2005-10 Robert Baumann, Raphael Solomon In a search model of production, where agents accumulate heterogeneous amounts of human capital, an individual worker's wage depends on average human capital in the searching population. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Labour markets JEL Code(s): I, I2, I29, J, J2, J24, J3, J31
April 12, 2007 Addition of Two Government Securities Distributors for Government of Canada Securities The Bank of Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, announces the addition of two new Government Securities Distributors for Government of Canada marketable bonds and treasury bills. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 5, 2009 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Pierre Duguay House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario As we have consistently emphasized, stabilization of the global financial system is a precondition for economic recovery, both globally and in Canada. To that end, policy-makers around the globe have acted aggressively and creatively by initiating a series of unprecedented actions aimed at stabilizing the global financial system. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
February 23, 2009 Knowledge is Power – Advancing Competitiveness in Changing Times Presentation Paul Jenkins Colleges Ontario conference Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
January 27, 2009 Inflation Targeting in a Global Recession Remarks Mark Carney Halifax Chamber of Commerce Halifax, Nova Scotia These are challenging times, indeed. We are facing a financial crisis without comparison for generations. Most financial markets have experienced historic declines in prices and unprecedented spikes in volatility. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
January 22, 2009 Release of the Monetary Policy Report Update Opening statement Mark Carney Ottawa, Ontario The outlook for the global economy has deteriorated since the October Monetary Policy Report, with the intensifying financial crisis spilling over into real economic activity. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
January 8, 2009 Financial Stability through Sound Risk Management Remarks Pierre Duguay Risk Management Association, Toronto Chapter Toronto, Ontario The extraordinary turmoil of 2007 and 2008 has brought to the fore many issues and challenges, most of which will be with us for some time as we deal with what has become the deepest financial crisis since the 1930s. Policy-makers around the world have taken bold and timely steps to deal with the financial instability and economic crisis, but it will take time for confidence to be restored and for markets to become fully functional again. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
August 10, 2001 Proposed Terms and Conditions for Auctions of Receiver General Cash Balances On behalf of the Minister of Finance, the Department of Finance and Bank of Canada are releasing today draft terms and conditions for participation in Receiver General auctions. These auctions are the means by which the government invests its short-term Canadian dollar cash balances. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 12, 2008 The Global & Canadian Economies: The Outlook through 2010 Presentation Paul Jenkins The Economist Business Roundtable with Government Toronto, Ontario Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
November 10, 2008 The Quest for Confidence: 400 Years of Money – from La Nouvelle France to Canada Today Remarks Pierre Duguay students and faculty of Laval University Québec, Québec As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec, I thought it would be fitting for me, as a central banker, to take a look at how money has evolved over part of the past four centuries. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks