October 12, 2007 Bank of Canada Workshop on Derivatives Markets in Canada and Beyond Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2007 Toni Gravelle At this 2006 workshop hosted by the Bank of Canada, an international group of market participants, regulators, and policy-makers gathered to assess recent developments in the derivatives market. Among the topics discussed were the recent prodigious growth in risk-transfer instruments, including credit derivatives and inflation-linked derivatives, as well as the accompanying challenges and benefits. Overall, the development of derivatives markets was seen as providing broad economic benefits, including more complete financial markets, improved market liquidity, and increased capacity of the financial system to effectively price and bear risk. Yet concern was also voiced that market participants do not fully understand the risks that arise in trading credit derivatives. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Research Topic(s): Financial markets, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies
November 9, 2020 Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2020 Quarterly Financial Report - Third Quarter 2020 - For the period ended September 30, 2020 Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
February 1, 2012 Development of the Canadian Corporate Debt Market: Some Stylized Facts and Issues Financial System Review - December 2003 Stacey Anderson, Ron Parker, Andrew Spence Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
Have Liquidity and Trading Activity in the Canadian Corporate Bond Market Deteriorated? Staff Analytical Note 2018-31 Chen Fan, Sermin Gungor, Guillaume Nolin, Jun Yang Since 2010, the liquidity of corporate bonds has improved on average, while their trading activity has remained stable. We find that the liquidity and trading activity of riskier bonds or bonds issued by firms in different sectors have been stable. However, the liquidity and trading activity of bonds issued by banks have improved. We observe short-lived episodes of deterioration in liquidity and trading activity. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Research Topic(s): Financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G1, G12, G14
October 16, 2024 Annual reporting of retail payment activity metrics This supervisory policy outlines the retail payment activity metrics that payment service providers must report as part of the annual reporting form. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Reporting, Supervision
October 16, 2024 Reporting of retail payment activity metrics at registration This supervisory policy outlines the retail payment activity metrics that payment service providers must report at registration. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Registration, Reporting
December 23, 2004 Portrait of the Canadian Hedge Fund Industry Financial System Review - December 2004 Miville Tremblay Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
September 18, 2017 Build a Bank Note: Classroom Resource for Teachers Teach your students about Canada’s history, land and culture – with money! Download the free lesson plan.
November 8, 1994 The demand for currency and the underground economy Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 1994 Thérèse Laflèche The underground economy in Canada has attracted increased attention over the past few years, yet there is no precise way to measure its size. Recent estimates vary between 4 per cent and 15 per cent of gross domestic product. This article provides an overview of measurement issues and recent estimates. It then focusses on the "monetary" approach to estimating the size of the underground economy. This approach is based on the assumption that the demand for bank notes provides a clue as to the size of the underground economy. The article concludes that estimates that use this approach must be viewed with considerable caution. They are based on a number of assumptions that are difficult to verify and that significantly affect the results. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Research Topic(s): Monetary aggregates
May 21, 2020 Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2020 Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2020 - For the period ended March 31, 2020 Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report