May 16, 2011 Canada in a Multi-Polar World Remarks Mark Carney Canadian Club of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario Governor Mark Carney discusses the forces that are transforming the global economic landscape and their implications for the Canadian economy. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
April 10, 2008 Credit Markets, Financial Stability, and Monetary Policy Remarks David Longworth Global Investment Conference Lake Louise, Alberta Today, I'd like to discuss some of the crucial issues that we have been dealing with during this period. I'll begin with a brief overview of some key events that have led to the turbulence that continues to upset financial markets and that greatly contributed to the remarkably wide credit spreads that we now witness. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
Variations in Pass-Through from Global Agricultural Commodity Prices to Domestic Food Inflation Staff discussion paper 2023-24 Daniel Hyun, Jacky Lee This paper examines factors that affect the transmission of fluctuations in global agricultural commodity prices to domestic food inflation. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, Q, Q0, Q02, Q1, Q11, Q17, Q18 Research Theme(s): Monetary policy, Inflation dynamics and pressures, Structural challenges, International trade, finance and competitiveness
April 23, 2003 Monetary Policy Report – April 2003 The global economic outlook has been clouded by a high degree of uncertainty, accentuated most recently by the war in Iraq. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
January 21, 2010 Monetary Policy Report – January 2010 The global economic recovery is under way, supported by continued improvements in fi nancial conditions and stronger domestic demand growth in many emerging-market economies. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
Explaining Unusual Cash Patterns in 2018 Staff analytical note 2019-22 Walter Engert, Ben Fung, Jozsef Molnar, Gradon Nicholls There was an unusually large decline of bank notes in circulation in October 2018. Some have argued that this was due to the legalization of cannabis in Canada in mid-October. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42, E5, E58 Research Theme(s): Money and payments, Cash and bank notes
April 15, 2004 Monetary Policy Report – April 2004 The Canadian economy continues to adjust to developments in the global economy. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
The US Labour Market: How Much Slack Remains? Staff analytical note 2016-9 Robert Fay, James Ketcheson Despite the US unemployment rate being close to estimates of the non-accelerating-inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU), measures of underemployment remain elevated, which could be an indication of remaining labour market slack. The shares of involuntary part-time workers and long-term unemployment are high relative to the current stage of the business cycle, suggesting available labour inputs are being underutilized. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes JEL Code(s): E, E2, E24, J, J2, J21, J23 Research Theme(s): Monetary policy, Real economy and forecasting, Structural challenges, Demographics and labour supply
Tail Risk in a Retail Payment System: An Extreme-Value Approach Staff discussion paper 2018-2 Héctor Pérez Saiz, Blair Williams, Gabriel Xerri The increasing importance of risk management in payment systems has led to the development of an array of sophisticated tools designed to mitigate tail risk in these systems. In this paper, we use extreme value theory methods to quantify the level of tail risk in the Canadian retail payment system (ACSS) for the period from 2002 to 2015. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers JEL Code(s): C, C5, C58, G, G2, G21, G23 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial stability and systemic risk, Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods, Money and payments, Payment and financial market infrastructures
June 21, 2009 Procyclicality and Value at Risk Financial System Review - June 2009 Peter Youngman Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles