Canadian Labour Market Dispersion: Mind the (Shrinking) Gap Staff Analytical Note 2016-3 David Amirault, Naveen Rai Shocks to a currency area can and often do have asymmetric impacts on its regions that, in the absence of perfect labour mobility, lead to gaps in relative labour market performance. Witness, for example, the effects of the 2008/09 recession and subsequent financial crisis in Europe on the dispersion of employment rates across the euro area – and to a lesser extent the United States. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Labour markets, Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): J, J0, J01, R, R2, R23
March 29, 2016 Preliminary Quarterly Term Repo Schedule The Bank of Canada today announced its preliminary April to June 2016 quarterly schedule for its term repo program. The Bank will announce each operation separately and may modify the schedule, including introducing operations for different terms. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 29, 2016 Results of the 28-day 29 March 2016 Term Repo Operation Results of today's term repo operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 29, 2016 Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 28, 2016 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo Operations The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct term repo operations. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 28, 2016 Weekly Financial Statistics - 28 March 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Government Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment Under the Threat of Expropriation Staff Working Paper 2016-13 Christopher Hajzler, Jonathan Rosborough Foreign investment is often constrained by two forms of political risk: expropriation and corruption. We examine the role of government corruption in foreign direct investment (FDI) when contracts are not fully transparent and investors face the threat of expropriation. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Development economics, Economic models, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F2, F21, F23, F3, F34
March 24, 2016 Annual Report 2015 The Annual Report provides an account of the Bank’s management, activities and achievements in 2015; it includes the financial statements and a message from Governor Stephen S. Poloz. Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report
March 24, 2016 The Bank of Canada Releases Its Annual Report for 2015 Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report for 2015 was tabled in the House of Commons today. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases