May 6, 2011 Monetary Policy and Resource Mobility Presentation Mark Carney Bank of Finland’s 200th Anniversary Conference Helsinki , Finland Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada, comments on “Monetary Policy and Resource Mobility,” a paper by Carl E. Walsh Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
Financial Factors and Labour Market Fluctuations Staff Working Paper 2011-12 Yahong Zhang What are the effects of financial market imperfections on unemployment and vacancies? Since standard DSGE models do not typically model unemployment, they abstract from this issue. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Financial markets, Labour markets JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, E4, E44, J, J6
April 4, 2011 Senior Loan Officer Survey - First-Quarter 2011 The survey results point to an overall net easing in business-lending conditions. Both the price and non-price aspects of business lending eased during the first quarter. Note that the balance of opinion indicates only the direction of the change in lending conditions; it does not provide information on the magnitude of the change. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
March 28, 2011 The “Great” Recession in Canada: Perception vs. Reality Remarks Jean Boivin Montréal CFA Society Montréal, Quebec Barely three years ago, the financial crisis was a source of major concern worldwide. This unprecedented event had serious and costly repercussions, which we continue to feel today. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
March 22, 2011 Summary of Comments - 2011-12 Debt Management Strategy Consultations The Summary of Comments - 2011-12 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 2011-12 on the Department of Finance's website. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
Banks, Credit Market Frictions, and Business Cycles Staff Working Paper 2010-24 Ali Dib The author proposes a micro-founded framework that incorporates an active banking sector into a dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model with a financial accelerator. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Credit and credit aggregates, Economic models, Financial stability JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, E4, E44, G, G1
September 30, 2010 Employment in a Modest Recovery Remarks Mark Carney Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce, Giovanni Caboto Club Windsor, Ontario Insights from financial markets are somewhat fleeting at the moment. A broad range of asset prices from the Canadian dollar to S&P500 futures to European sovereign spreads are unusually correlated and volatile. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
August 18, 2010 Bank of Canada releases report assessing impact of stronger capital and liquidity requirements on the Canadian economy Media Relations Following similar international reports by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the Bank of Canada today published a comprehensive assessment of the potential impact on the Canadian economy of new global capital and liquidity standards, which are to be finalized later this year by the G-20. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
Liquidity, Risk, and Return: Specifying an Objective Function for the Management of Foreign Reserves Staff Discussion Paper 2010-13 Yuliya Romanyuk An objective function is a key component of a strategic portfolio management model used to determine the optimal allocations of assets and, possibly, their associated liabilities over some investment horizon. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Foreign reserves management JEL Code(s): G, G1, G11
September 15, 2010 Promoting Canada's Economic and Financial Well-being in an Uncertain World Presentation Timothy Lane St. John’s Board of Trade St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations