February 21, 2013 Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2012-2013 This issue features a summary of the Bank’s annual conference, Financial Intermediation and Vulnerabilities, which took place in October 2012, as well as two articles that present analysis of international macroeconomic coordination since the global financial crisis and the U.S. recovery from the Great Recession. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
February 8, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 8 February 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
January 31, 2013 Banking and Financial Statistics - January 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
January 14, 2013 Business Outlook Survey - Winter 2012-13 While some forward-looking indicators have moved up, many firms cited concerns about demand over next year and pressures from increased competition. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
January 11, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 11 January 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Extracting Information from the Business Outlook Survey Using Statistical Approaches Staff Discussion Paper 2012-8 Lise Pichette Since the autumn of 1997, the regional offices of the Bank of Canada have conducted quarterly consultations with businesses across Canada. These consultations, summarized in the Business Outlook Survey (BOS), are structured around a survey questionnaire that covers topics of importance to the Bank, notably business activity, pressures on production capacity, prices and inflation, and credit conditions. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): C, C4, C43, C8, C82, E, E3, E37
August 9, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 9 August 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
August 2, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 2 August 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Is There a Quality Bias in the Canadian CPI? Evidence from Micro Data Staff Working Paper 2013-24 Oleksiy Kryvtsov Rising consumer prices may reflect shifts by consumers to new higher-priced products, mostly for durable and semi-durable goods. I apply Bils’ (2009) methodology to newly available Canadian consumer price data for non-shelter goods and services to estimate how price increases can be divided between quality growth and price inflation. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Potential output JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, M, M1, M11, O, O4, O47
February 16, 2016 Bank of Canada Announces Future Changes to its Published Foreign Exchange Rate Data Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that, effective 1 March 2017, it will make a series of changes to the number, frequency and calculation methodology of its published foreign exchange rates. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee