September 10, 2010 Renewed faith in the international monetary system is essential for G20 success, says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney Media Relations Calgary, Alberta Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney today urged the world's leading nations to ensure that their domestic policies are consistent with the G-20 framework for strong, sustainable, and balanced growth and to support the G-20 financial system reforms. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
July 20, 2010 Bank of Canada increases overnight rate target to 3/4 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
May 26, 2010 Senate Committee on National Finance Opening statement Pierre Duguay Senate Committee on National Finance Ottawa, Ontario At year-end 2009, there were 1.8 billion bank notes in circulation, with a total value of $55.5 billion – approximately $1,630 per Canadian. The Bank of Canada is not responsible for coins. Decisions on coinage rest with the federal government, in particular, the Department of Finance, and with the Royal Canadian Mint. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
Liquidity Transformation and Bank Capital Requirements Staff Working Paper 2010-22 Hajime Tomura This paper presents a dynamic general equilibrium model where asymmetric information about asset quality leads to asset illiquidity. Banking arises endogenously in this environment as banks can pool illiquid assets to average out their idiosyncratic qualities and issue liquid liabilities backed by pooled assets whose total quality is public information. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): D, D8, D82, E, E4, E44, G, G2, G21
April 23, 2013 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Mark Carney House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario Good morning. Tiff and I are pleased to be here with you today to discuss the April Monetary Policy Report, which the Bank published last week. Global economic growth has evolved broadly as anticipated in January. In the United States, the economic expansion is continuing at a modest pace, with gradually strengthening private demand partly […] Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
An Equilibrium Analysis of the Rise in House Prices and Mortgage Debt Staff Working Paper 2013-9 Shaofeng Xu This paper examines the contributions of population aging, mortgage innovation and historically low interest rates to the sharp rise in U.S. house prices and mortgage debt between 1994 and 2005. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Asset pricing, Credit and credit aggregates, Economic models JEL Code(s): E, E2, E21, E4, E44, G, G1, G11, R, R2, R21
April 22, 2013 Access to central counterparties: why it matters and how it is changing Timothy Lane, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, contributed the article “Access to central counterparties: why it matters and how it is changing” to the Banque de France's Financial Stability Review. Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
March 25, 2013 Bank of Canada Announces Recipients of 2013 Fellowship and Governor’s Awards Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced the recipient of the Bank’s Fellowship Award and Governor's Award for 2013. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Fellowship Program
March 21, 2013 Summary of Comments - 2013-14 Debt Management Strategy Consultations The Summary of Comments - 2013-14 Debt Management Strategy Consultations is being published on the Bank of Canada’s website in conjunction with the release of the government’s Debt Management Strategy for 2013-14. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
February 22, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 22 February 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics