March 5, 2008 Proposed Criteria for Accepting ABCP as Collateral for the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility The Bank of Canada is seeking comments from direct participants in the Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) and other interested parties on the proposed eligibility criteria for accepting asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) as collateral for the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF). Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
Decomposing Canada’s Market Shares: An Update Staff analytical note 2018-26 Nicholas Labelle Building on the shift-share analysis of Barnett and Charbonneau (2015), this note decomposes Canada’s market shares in the United States, Europe and China for imports of non-energy goods into competitiveness, preference shifts and an interaction term. We find that, despite the depreciation of the dollar, Canada continued to lose market share over 2014–17 (around 0.4 percentage points lost per year on average over four years). Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F4 Research Theme(s): Monetary policy, Real economy and forecasting, Structural challenges, International trade, finance and competitiveness
March 26, 2015 Central Bank Credibility and Policy Normalization Remarks Stephen S. Poloz Canada-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce London, United Kingdom Governor Poloz discusses the recent rise in financial market volatility and low long-term borrowing costs, and what they both mean for central bank credibility. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
April 6, 2021 Bank of Canada to begin publishing CORRA Compounded Index As administrator of the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA), the Bank of Canada (Bank) will begin publishing the CORRA Compounded Index effective April 6, 2021. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
December 19, 2025 Currency We design, issue and distribute Canada’s bank notes. We work to ensure that Canadians have access to secure, reliable and high-quality bank notes.
Stress in the Press or Stress in the Market: A New Measure of Perceived Financial Stress Staff analytical paper 2026-50 Brett Barnes, Thibaut Duprey, Fred Liu We develop a news-based measure of perceived financial stress for Canada using Globe and Mail articles since 1977. We show that news shocks primarily impact unsecured households credit, consistent with household precautionary behavior. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical paper JEL Code(s): C, C5, C55, C8, C82, E, E4, E44, G, G0, G01 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial stability and systemic risk, Household and business credit, Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods
September 25, 2026 Financial stability indicators Get quarterly data for the indicators we use to track the evolution of the financial stability of the Canadian economy.
November 1, 2011 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 October Monetary Policy Report, which the Bank published last week. The global economy has slowed markedly as several downside risks to the projection outlined in the Bank’s July MPR have been realized. Volatility has increased and there has been […] Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
Will Asset Managers Dash for Cash? Implications for Central Banks Staff discussion paper 2025-5 David Cimon, Jean-Philippe Dion, Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Jabir Sandhu We consider ways central banks could adapt in the event of an increased risk of a dash for cash from asset managers. We explore ideas such as new facilities that ease asset managers’ ability to convert existing assets to cash or new assets with liquidity that central banks would guarantee. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers JEL Code(s): E, E5, E58, G, G0, G00, G01, G1, G2 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market functioning, Financial system, Financial institutions and intermediation, Financial stability and systemic risk, Monetary policy, Monetary policy tools and implementation
Analysis of DeFi Oracles Staff discussion paper 2024-10 Xun Deng, Sidi Mohamed Beillahi, Cyrus Minwalla, Han Du, Andreas Veneris, Fan Long Oracles are constructs used in decentralized finance to price assets relative to each other. However, oracles contain defects that could lead to manipulation attacks. Such attacks exploit pricing models embedded within oracles to defraud creators and users. We automatically verify defects, which if mitigated, improves the security of digital currency. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers JEL Code(s): E, E4, E42, E5, E51, G, G1, G15, O, O3, O31 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial stability and systemic risk, Money and payments, Digital assets and fintech, Payment and financial market infrastructures