Monetary Policy Tradeoffs Between Financial Stability and Price Stability Staff Working Paper 2016-49 Malik Shukayev, Alexander Ueberfeldt We analyze the impact of interest rate policy on financial stability in an environment where banks can experience runs on their short-term liabilities, forcing them to sell assets at fire-sale prices. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial stability, Monetary policy framework, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): D, D6, D62, E, E3, E32, E4, E44, G, G0, G01
October 28, 2016 Weekly Financial Statistics - 28 October 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
October 19, 2016 Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Ontario Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins and I are pleased to be back before you today to discuss the Bank’s Monetary Policy Report (MPR), which we published this morning. It has been six months almost to the day since we were last here, and several of the broad themes that […] Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
April 25, 2017 CFIF Meeting (April 25, 2017) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
October 7, 2016 Weekly Financial Statistics - 7 October 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
October 7, 2016 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Third-Quarter 2016 Survey results suggest that overall business-lending conditions were largely unchanged during the third quarter of 2016. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
December 23, 2016 Weekly Financial Statistics - 23 December 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Monetary Policy, Private Debt and Financial Stability Risks Staff Working Paper 2016-59 Gregory Bauer, Eleonora Granziera Can monetary policy be used to promote financial stability? We answer this question by estimating the impact of a monetary policy shock on private-sector leverage and the likelihood of a financial crisis. Impulse responses obtained from a panel VAR model of 18 advanced countries suggest that the debt-to-GDP ratio rises in the short run following an unexpected tightening in monetary policy. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Credit and credit aggregates, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): C, C2, C21, C23, E, E5, E52, E58
December 16, 2016 Weekly Financial Statistics - 16 December 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
December 15, 2016 The Rise of Mortgage Finance Companies in Canada: Benefits and Vulnerabilities Financial System Review - December 2016 Donald Coletti, Marc-André Gosselin, Cameron MacDonald The Rise of Mortgage Finance Companies in Canada: Benefits and Vulnerabilities, by Don Coletti, Marc-André Gosselin and Cameron MacDonald, examines the increased importance of mortgage finance companies (MFCs) in the Canadian mortgage market. The authors discuss the MFC business model, highlighting MFCs’ relationship with mortgage brokers and banks, as well as the benefits they bring to Canadian borrowers. The authors conclude with a discussion of the impact of MFCs on financial system vulnerabilities. Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): G, G2, G23