December 6, 2006 The Art and Design of Canadian Bank Notes This volume offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at the demanding world of bank note design, highlighting the beauty of Canada's bank notes and celebrating the engraver's art. Soft cover, 124 pages (2006). Content Type(s): Publications, Books and monographs, Souvenir books Research Topic(s): Bank notes
January 22, 2014 Monetary Policy Report – January 2014 The Canadian economy is estimated to have grown by 1.8 per cent in 2013, and is projected to grow by 2.5 per cent in both 2014 and 2015, gradually returning to its full production capacity over the next two years. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
Assessing Vulnerabilities in Emerging-Market Economies Staff Discussion Paper 2018-13 Tatjana Dahlhaus, Alexander Lam This paper introduces a new tool to monitor economic and financial vulnerabilities in emerging-market economies. We obtain vulnerability indexes for several early warning indicators covering 26 emerging markets from 1990 to 2017 and use them to monitor the evolution of vulnerabilities before, during and after an economic or financial crisis. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): International topics, Monetary and financial indicators, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): C, C8, C82, F, F3, F34, G, G0, G01, G1, G15
A Framework in Search of an Optimal Margining Policy for Official Institutions: The Canadian Experience Staff Discussion Paper 2016-9 Tomo Nakashima, Mihai Cosma, Boran Plong One of the main outcomes of the global financial crisis has been a series of new regulations imposed on the financial system and specifically on banks. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Financial markets, Foreign reserves management JEL Code(s): G, G3, G32
Translog ou Cobb-Douglas? Le rôle des durées d'utilisation des facteurs Staff Working Paper 2004-19 Eric Heyer, Florian Pelgrin, Arnaud Sylvain Using French data on industrial firms over the period 1989-2001, the authors estimate a "flexible" Translog production function that accounts for the volumes and durations of factor utilization. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Economic models JEL Code(s): C, C3, C33, D, D2, D24, J, J2, J23
November 9, 2000 Monetary Policy Report – November 2000 Over the last six months, most countries have continued to register strong economic growth. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
L'endettement du secteur privé au Canada: un examen macroéconomique Staff Working Paper 1994-7 Jean-François Fillion In this study, the author examines the hypothesis of private-sector debt overhang, which suggests that households and businesses may on occasion find themselves holding too much debt and so decide to reduce it by cutting back expenditures. His aim is to determine whether this hypothesis can help explain the weakness of credit growth and the sluggishness of the recent economic recovery in Canada. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Sectoral balance sheet
January 21, 2015 Monetary Policy Report – January 2015 Economic growth in Canada is expected to average 2.1 per cent in 2015 and 2.4 per cent in 2016, with a return to full capacity around the end of 2016. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
Simulating the Resilience of the Canadian Banking Sector Under Stress: An Update of the Bank of Canada’s Top-Down Solvency Assessment Tool Technical Report No. 128 Omar Abdelrahman, David Xiao Chen, Cameron MacDonald, Adi Mordel, Guillaume Ouellet Leblanc We present a technical description of the Top-Down Solvency Assessment (TDSA) tool. As a solvency stress-testing tool, TDSA is used to assess the banking sector’s capital resilience to hypothetical future risk scenarios. Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports Research Topic(s): Economic models, Financial institutions, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): C, C2, C22, C5, C52, C53, G, G1, G17, G2, G21, G28
October 25, 2017 Monetary Policy Report – October 2017 Projections for Canadian economic growth have been increased to 3.1 per cent this year and 2.1 per cent in 2018, with growth of 1.5 per cent forecast for 2019. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report