A Review of the Bank of Canada’s Support of Key Financial Markets During the COVID-19 Crisis Staff Discussion Paper 2023-9 Joshua Fernandes, Michael Mueller The COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented strain on the global financial system. We describe how the Bank of Canada responded to the rapidly deteriorating liquidity in core Canadian fixed-income markets. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial markets, Market structure and pricing, Monetary policy and uncertainty JEL Code(s): E, E4, E44, E5, E58, G, G0, G01
April 26, 2023 Summary of Governing Council deliberations: Fixed announcement date of April 12, 2023 This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on April 12, 2023. Content Type(s): Publications, Summary of deliberations
April 26, 2023 Release of the Bank of Canada’s summary of deliberations On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, the Bank of Canada will publish a summary of the deliberations that took place ahead of its interest rate decision on April 12, 2023. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
April 25, 2023 Canadian derivatives market hits milestone in transition from CDOR to CORRA For two consecutive weeks, the majority of maturity-weighted notional volume in cleared Canadian dollar interest rate derivatives has been priced using CORRA instead of CDOR. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
April 24, 2023 Annual Report 2022 The Annual Report outlines the Bank’s activities and achievements in 2022. It includes the financial statements and a message from Governor Tiff Macklem. Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report
April 24, 2023 Bank of Canada Disclosure of Climate-Related Risks 2022 This report lays out elements of the Bank’s strategy related to climate change and details how the issue will be managed holistically across the organization, following the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. Content Type(s): Publications, Disclosure of Climate-Related Risks
Pricing Indefinitely Lived Assets: Experimental Evidence Staff Working Paper 2023-25 John Duffy, Janet Hua Jiang, Huan Xie We study the trading of an asset with bankruptcy risk. The traded price of the asset is, on average, 40% of the expected total dividend payments. We investigate which economic models can explain the low traded price. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Asset pricing, Financial markets JEL Code(s): C, C9, C91, C92, D, D8, D81, G, G1, G12