Endogenous Credibility and Wage-Price Spirals Staff Working Paper 2024-14 Olena Kostyshyna, Tolga Özden, Yang Zhang We quantitively assess the risks of a wage-price spiral occurring in Canada over history. We find the risk of a wage-price spiral increases when the inflation expectations become unanchored and the credibility of central banks declines. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Credibility, Inflation and prices, Monetary policy JEL Code(s): C, C2, C22, E, E0, E00, E4, E47, E7
May 13, 2024 CARR publishes illustrative examples on determining fallback rates on floating rate notes that reference CDOR CARR is publishing two presentations to clarify how CARR’s recommended fallback rate for floating rate notes that reference CDOR should be implemented for calculating the coupon and accrued interest post June 2024. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
May 10, 2024 Financial Post Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada Interview with the Financial Post Content Type(s): Press, Media activities
Parallel Tempering for DSGE Estimation Staff Working Paper 2024-13 Joshua Brault I develop a population-based Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm known as parallel tempering to estimate dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models. Parallel tempering approximates the posterior distribution of interest using a family of Markov chains with tempered posteriors. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Economic models JEL Code(s): C, C1, C11, C15, E, E1, E10
May 9, 2024 Bank of Canada Media Interview – La Presse Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, gave an interview to La Presse’s Hélène Baril. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
May 9, 2024 Bank of Canada Media Interview – Financial Post Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, gave an interview to Barbara Shecter of the Financial Post. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
May 9, 2024 Framework for assessing financial stability Bank staff conduct analysis and research to identify and mitigate systemic risks that might impair the functioning of the financial system. The results are published once a year in the Financial Stability Report.
May 9, 2024 Release of the Financial Stability Report Opening statement Tiff Macklem, Carolyn Rogers Ottawa, Ontario Press conference following the release of the Financial Stability Report. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Topic(s): Asset pricing, Credit risk management, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial services, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Housing, Interest rates, Recent economic and financial developments
May 9, 2024 The Bank of Canada releases the 2024 Financial Stability Report The Financial Stability Report will be released on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories