Let’s Get Physical: Impacts of Climate Change Physical Risks on Provincial Employment Staff working paper 2024-32 Thibaut Duprey, Soojin Jo, Geneviève Vallée We analyze 40 years’ worth of natural disasters using a local projection framework to assess their impact on provincial labour markets in Canada. We find that disasters decrease hours worked within a week and lower wage growth in the medium run. Our study highlights that disasters affect vulnerable workers through the income channel. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): C, C3, C33, E, E2, E24, J, J3, Q, Q5, Q54 Research Theme(s): Monetary policy, Real economy and forecasting, Structural challenges, Climate change, Demographics and labour supply
September 4, 2024 Bank of Canada reduces policy rate by 25 basis points to 4¼% Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¼%, with the Bank Rate at 4½% and the deposit rate at 4¼%. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
September 4, 2024 Monetary Policy Decision Press Conference Opening Statement Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
August 27, 2024 How high productivity helps fight inflation Higher productivity helps keep prices down and wages up. It gives workers more money to spend and increases the value they get when they spend it. And it allows businesses to weather cost increases without having to raise prices. All together, these factors drive economic growth. Content Type(s): Publications, The Economy, Plain and Simple Subject(s): Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation, Inflation targeting framework
August 22, 2024 Quarterly Financial Report - Second Quarter 2024 Quarterly Financial Report - Second Quarter 2024 - For the period ended June 30, 2024, unaudited Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
August 21, 2024 Case scenarios about securities exclusion These fictional case scenarios illustrate the application of the securities exclusion in paragraph 6(b) of the Retail Payment Activities Act. Content Type(s): Retail payments materials, Case scenarios Subject(s): Retail payments, Registration
August 21, 2024 Case scenarios about remittance service providers These fictional case scenarios provide examples to help providers identify whether they perform the holding funds payment function, especially in the context of cross-border remittances. Content Type(s): Retail payments materials, Case scenarios Subject(s): Retail payments, Holding funds, Registration
August 21, 2024 Case scenarios about payroll services These fictional case scenarios provide examples of incidental activities under the Retail Payment Activities Act. Content Type(s): Retail payments materials, Case scenarios Subject(s): Retail payments, Holding funds, Registration
August 21, 2024 Case scenarios about e-commerce web building tools and payment gateways These fictional case scenarios provide examples of payment functions, namely the initiation of an electronic funds transfer (EFT) at the request of an end user, and the authorization of an EFT or the transmission, reception or facilitation of an instruction in relation to the EFT. They also provide examples of incidental activities under the Retail Payment Activities Act. Content Type(s): Retail payments materials, Case scenarios Subject(s): Retail payments, Registration