A Financial Conditions Index for the United States Staff Discussion Paper 2009-11 Kimberly Beaton, René Lalonde, Corinne Luu The financial crisis of 2007–09 has highlighted the importance of developments in financial conditions for real economic activity. The authors estimate the effect of current and past shocks to financial variables on U.S. GDP growth by constructing two growthbased financial conditions indexes (FCIs) that measure the contribution to quarterly (annualized) GDP growth from financial conditions. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Monetary and financial indicators, Monetary conditions index, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, E4, E44, E47, E5, E51
July 31, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA for Private Sector Instruments Operation In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions for private sector instruments announced on 21 July. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 31, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Operation In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 21 July. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 31, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Loan Facility Operation In accordance with the schedule of Term Loan Facility (TLF) auctions announced on 21 July. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 31, 2009 Bank of Canada releases 2010 schedule of dates for its policy interest rate announcements Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today released its 2010 schedule of eight dates for announcing decisions on its key policy interest rate and confirmed the announcement dates for the remainder of this year. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
July 29, 2009 Results for the 29 July 2009 Term Loan Facility The results of today's TLF operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 28, 2009 Results of the 28 July 2009 Term PRA Transaction for Private Sector Instruments The results of today's term PRA operations. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 27, 2009 Results of the 27 July 2009 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 25, 2009 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Second-Quarter 2009 Survey respondents reported continued tightening in lending conditions (Chart 1). This tightening was evident in both the price and non-price1 aspects of business lending (Chart 2). Note that the balance of opinion indicates only the amount of agreement among respondents about the direction of the change in conditions; it does not provide any information on the magnitude of the change. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
July 24, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Loan Facility Operation In accordance with the schedule of Term Loan Facility (TLF) auctions announced on 21 July. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices