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January 30, 2013
Research Update - January 2013
This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website. -
Financial Development and the Volatility of Income
This paper presents a general equilibrium model with endogenous collateral constraints to study the relationship between financial development and business cycle fluctuations in a cross-section of economies with different sizes of their financial sector. -
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January 23, 2013
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report. -
January 23, 2013
Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. -
January 23, 2013
Monetary Policy Report – January 2013
Following an estimated 1.9 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 2.0 per cent in 2013 and 2.7 per cent in 2014, and to reach full capacity in the second half of 2014, later than anticipated in the October Report.
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January 17, 2013
Bank of Canada Announces Change in Receiver General Cash Balances Auction Timeline
The Bank of Canada announced today that as a result of the change in the publication time of policy interest rate announcements to 10:00 ET , that effective 23 January 2013, the Government of Canada bidding deadline for Receiver General Cash Balance auctions will be 10:15 ET on policy rate announcement dates. -
January 14, 2013
Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2012
The survey results indicate that there was virtually no change in overall business-lending conditions during the fourth quarter of 2012, following several consecutive quarters of easing in credit conditions.