January 9, 2012 Business Outlook Survey - Winter 2011-12 Responses to the winter survey suggest that the global economic outlook and concerns about demand continue to weigh on firms’ expectations for business activity. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
January 9, 2012 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2011 The survey results indicate almost no change in overall business-lending conditions during the fourth quarter of 2011. This follows several consecutive quarters of easing credit conditions for business borrowers. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
January 6, 2012 Weekly Financial Statistics - 6 January 2012 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
December 31, 2011 Summary of Government of Canada - Outstanding as at 31 December 2011 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Securities and loans
A Model of the EFA Liabilities Staff Discussion Paper 2011-11 Francisco Rivadeneyra, Oumar Dissou The authors describe the liabilities model of the Exchange Fund Account (EFA). The EFA is managed using an asset-liability matching framework that requires currency and duration matching of both sides of the balance sheet. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Debt management, Foreign reserves management JEL Code(s): G, G1, G12, G3, G32
Bank Leverage Regulation and Macroeconomic Dynamics Staff Working Paper 2011-32 Ian Christensen, Césaire Meh, Kevin Moran This paper assesses the merits of countercyclical bank balance sheet regulation for the stabilization of financial and economic cycles and examines its interaction with monetary policy. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Financial institutions, Financial system regulation and policies, Monetary policy framework, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): E, E4, E44, E5, E52, G, G2, G21
December 22, 2011 Results of the 22 December 2011 Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes Results of today's term repo for balance sheet management purposes operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 21, 2011 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo for Balance Sheet Management Purposes Operation The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
Do Low Interest Rates Sow the Seeds of Financial Crises? Staff Working Paper 2011-31 Simona Cociuba, Malik Shukayev, Alexander Ueberfeldt A view advanced in the aftermath of the late-2000s financial crisis is that lower than optimal interest rates lead to excessive risk taking by financial intermediaries. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial system regulation and policies, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): D, D5, D53, E, E4, E44, E5, E52, G, G2, G28
December 16, 2011 Bank of Canada Announces Appointment of Special Adviser Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced the appointment of Evan W. Siddall as Special Adviser to the Governor. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases