April 24, 2014 Economic Adjustments Will Bring Benefits to All, Says Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz Media Relations Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Some Canadian sectors and regions are hot and some are not, but all will ultimately reap the benefits of the country’s rich resource endowment, even as some difficult adjustments take place, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today in Saskatoon. Canada has been adjusting to two major economic shocks in recent years, Governor […] Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
April 24, 2014 Canada’s Hot - and Not - Economy Remarks Stephen S. Poloz Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses the forces fuelling the differences between the hot - and not so hot - sectors of the economy and regions of the country. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
Canadian Non-Energy Exports: Past Performance and Future Prospects Staff Discussion Paper 2014-1 André Binette, Daniel de Munnik, Émilien Gouin-Bonenfant Canada has continued to lose market share in the United States since the Great Recession, beyond what our bilateral competitiveness measures (relative unit labour costs) would suggest. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Exchange rates JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F4, F43
April 24, 2014 Banking and Financial Statistics - April 2014 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
April 21, 2014 Weekly Financial Statistics - 21 April 2014 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
Uncertain Costs and Vertical Differentiation in an Insurance Duopoly Staff Working Paper 2014-14 Radoslav Raykov Classical oligopoly models predict that firms differentiate vertically as a way of softening price competition, but some metrics suggest very little quality differentiation in the U.S. auto insurance market. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): D, D4, D43, D8, D81, G, G2, G22, L, L2, L22
Bond Risk Premia and Gaussian Term Structure Models Staff Working Paper 2014-13 Bruno Feunou, Jean-Sébastien Fontaine Cochrane and Piazzesi (2005) show that (i) lagged forward rates improve the predictability of annual bond returns, adding to current forward rates, and that (ii) a Markovian model for monthly forward rates cannot generate the pattern of predictability in annual returns. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Asset pricing, Interest rates JEL Code(s): E, E4, E43, E47, G, G1, G12