Do Canadian Broker-Dealers Act as Agents or Principals in Bond Trading? Staff Analytical Note 2017-11 Daniel Hyun, Jesse Johal, Corey Garriott Technology, risk tolerance and regulation may influence dealers to reduce their trading as principals (using their own balance sheets for sales and purchases of securities) in favour of agency trading (matching client trades). Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial system regulation and policies, Market structure and pricing, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): G, G1, G14, G2, G20, L, L1
Did the Renewable Fuel Standard Shift Market Expectations of the Price of Ethanol? Staff Working Paper 2017-35 Christiane Baumeister, Reinhard Ellwanger, Lutz Kilian It is commonly believed that the response of the price of corn ethanol (and hence of the price of corn) to shifts in biofuel policies operates in part through market expectations and shifts in storage demand, yet to date it has proved difficult to measure these expectations and to empirically evaluate this view. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Financial markets, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): Q, Q1, Q18, Q2, Q28, Q4, Q42, Q5, Q58
September 8, 2017 Bank of Canada calls for nominations for the 2018 Fellowship Program awards Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada is inviting Canadian universities to nominate exceptional academics for its 2018 Fellowship and Governor’s awards. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Fellowship Program
September 8, 2017 Weekly Financial Statistics - 8 September 2017 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
September 8, 2017 Statistics on the counterfeiting of Canadian bank notes (formerly B4) Year-end data on the average number of bank notes in circulation, as well as data supplied by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on counterfeit notes. Counterfeits are categorized as passed (detected in circulation) or seized (those confiscated by law enforcement before being circulated). Content Type(s): Banking and financial statistics
September 8, 2017 Bank of Canada note liabilities (formerly K1) Bank of Canada note liabilities include notes issued by chartered banks, the Dominion of Canada, provinces and defunct banks as at year-end. These are note issues that are in the process of being retired, and liability for them has been taken over by the Bank of Canada from the original issuers. Content Type(s): Banking and financial statistics
September 8, 2017 Historical positions of members of Payments Canada with the Bank of Canada (formerly B3) Inactive: Starting June 13, 2022, the Bank of Canada no longer updates this table. Content Type(s): Banking and financial statistics
September 8, 2017 Bank of Canada assets and liabilities: Weekly (formerly B2) Weekly Wednesday statement of assets and liabilities as required by the Bank of Canada Act. The figures for the last reference period are preliminary and are subject to revision. Content Type(s): Banking and financial statistics