January 11, 2021 Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Expected Probabilities of Losing, Leaving and Finding a Job by Demographic Characteristics Access data related to expected probabilities of losing, leaving and finding a job according to age, education, income, province, marginalization, and the ability to understand numbers.
January 11, 2021 Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Inflation Expectations and Perceptions by Demographic Characteristics Access data related to inflation expectations and perceptions according to age, education, income, province, marginalization, and the ability to understand numbers.
January 11, 2021 Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Expected Income and Spending Growth by Demographic Characteristics Access data related to expected income and spending growth according to age, education, income, province, marginalization, and the ability to understand numbers.
January 11, 2021 Business Outlook Survey - data by firm size (four-quarter moving averages) Access quarterly results from the Business Outlook Survey (BOS) based on interviews with small, medium-sized and large firms.
January 11, 2021 Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Fourth Quarter of 2020 The Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations (CSCE) collects respondents’ views on inflation, the labour market and household finances. The survey for the fourth quarter of 2020 was conducted from November 10 to December 1, 2020. This period coincides with a sharp increase in COVID‑19 cases across Canada and follows announcements about the development of effective vaccines. Since the survey was conducted, some provinces have imposed additional measures to contain the spread of the virus. In addition, the first vaccines have begun to be administered. Like the previous two surveys, the fourth-quarter survey included questions on the impacts of COVID‑19 and the measures to contain its spread. This survey also asked respondents how they used any benefits they received from income-support programs that governments put in place to help them through the pandemic. This quarter, the report provides some details by demographic characteristics. Content Type(s): Publications, Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations
Allocative Efficiency and the Productivity Slowdown Staff Working Paper 2021-1 Lin Shao, Rongsheng Tang In our analysis of the US productivity slowdown in the 1970s and 2000s, we find that a significant portion of this deceleration can be attributed to a lack of improvement in allocative efficiency across sectors. Our analysis further identifies increased sector-level volatility as a major contributor to this lack of improvement in allocative efficiency. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Productivity JEL Code(s): E, E2, E23, O, O4, O47
January 1, 2021 About legal tender Find out what “legal tender” means, why legal tender status changes, and how to redeem older bank notes. Content Type(s): Background materials Topic(s): Bank notes
December 31, 2020 Research Update - December 2020 This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website. Content Type(s): Staff research, Research newsletters