July 26, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 26 July 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
July 25, 2013 Banking and Financial Statistics - July 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
Is There a Quality Bias in the Canadian CPI? Evidence from Micro Data Staff Working Paper 2013-24 Oleksiy Kryvtsov Rising consumer prices may reflect shifts by consumers to new higher-priced products, mostly for durable and semi-durable goods. I apply Bils’ (2009) methodology to newly available Canadian consumer price data for non-shelter goods and services to estimate how price increases can be divided between quality growth and price inflation. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Potential output JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, M, M1, M11, O, O4, O47
July 23, 2013 Bank of Canada Publishes 2014 Schedule for Policy Interest Rate Announcements and Monetary Policy Report Releases Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today published its 2014 schedule of key policy interest rate announcements and quarterly Monetary Policy Report (MPR) releases, and re-confirmed the scheduled announcement dates for the remainder of this year. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
July 22, 2013 Addition of One Primary Dealer for Government of Canada Treasury Bills The Bank of Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, announces the addition of one new primary dealer for Government of Canada treasury bills. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 19, 2013 Bank of Canada announces higher target for settlement balances to reinforce the target for the overnight rate Effective Monday, 22 July 2013, the Bank is increasing the target for the minimum daily level of settlement balances to $250 million, from its current level of $25 million. This measure will remain in effect until further notice. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 19, 2013 Weekly Financial Statistics - 19 July 2013 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
A Blessing in Disguise: The Implications of High Global Oil Prices for the North American Market Staff Working Paper 2013-23 Ron Alquist, Justin-Damien Guénette We examine the implications of increased unconventional crude oil production in North America. This production increase has been made possible by the existence of alternative oil-recovery technologies and persistently elevated oil prices that make these technologies commercially viable. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): International topics, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): Q, Q4, Q41, Q43, Q47