Strategic Uncertainty in Financial Markets: Evidence from a Consensus Pricing Service Staff Working Paper 2020-55 Lerby Ergun, Andreas Uthemann We look at the informational content of consensus pricing in opaque over-the-counter markets. We show that the availability of price data informs participants mainly about other participants’ valuations, rather than about the value of a financial security. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial markets, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): C, C5, C58, D, D5, D53, D8, D83, G, G1, G12, G14
January 17, 2022 Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Fourth Quarter of 2021 This survey took place in November 2021 before the Omicron variant of COVID-19 began spreading broadly in Canada. In December, the number of COVID-19 cases rose dramatically and governments began to reimpose containment measures. Many Canadians think inflation will be high over the next two years because of supply disruptions caused by the pandemic. They are more concerned about inflation now than they were before the pandemic and believe it has become more difficult to control. However, near-term inflation expectations are not feeding into expectations for wage growth or longer-term inflation. Showing confidence in the labour market, workers are more likely than ever to want to change jobs. Content Type(s): Publications, Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations
January 13, 2022 Notice of memorandum of understanding between the Autorité des marchés financiers, the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and the Bank of Canada In support of its mandate as the resolution authority for Canadian financial market infrastructures (FMIs), the Bank of Canada has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Autorité des marchés financiers, the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 16, 2021 CARR publishes White Paper on the recommended future of CDOR In October 2020, the Canadian Alternative Reference Rate (CARR) working group was tasked with analyzing the current status of the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR) and to make recommendations based on that analysis. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
December 14, 2021 Summary of Comments – Fall 2021 Debt Management Strategy Consultations Today, the Fall 2021 Debt Management Strategy Consultations Summary is being published in conjunction with the release of the Government of Canada’s Economic and Fiscal Update 2021. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 29, 2021 The Indigenous economy in Canada: Partnering to promote Presentation (delivered virtually) Lawrence L. Schembri Symposium on Indigenous Economies Ottawa, Ontario As part of a panel of central bankers, Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri speaks about economic reconciliation and why it is “completely consistent with the Bank’s mandate.” Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
Democratic Political Economy of Financial Regulation Staff Working Paper 2021-59 Igor Livshits, Youngmin Park We offer a theory of how inefficiently lax financial regulation could arise in a democratic society. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Housing, Interest rates JEL Code(s): E, E4, E43, E44, G, G0, G01, G2, G21, G28, P, P4, P48
October 18, 2021 RPAC Meeting (October 18 and 20, 2021) Topics: Registration process, record keeping, annual reporting and information requests Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Retail Payments Advisory Committee
September 22, 2021 Advance provision of benchmark details for Government of Canada bond auctions Effective immediately, the Bank of Canada, as fiscal agent to the Government of Canada, is announcing that benchmark details (maturity date) for Government of Canada bonds will now be published ahead of each fiscal quarter within its existing Quarterly Bond Schedule publications. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
September 20, 2021 Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (September 27–October 8) As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP). Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program