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• November 30, 2021

  Bank of Canada and partners host Symposium on Indigenous Economies

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  On November 29 and 30, the Bank of Canada, in partnership with the Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics and Te Pūtea Matua (Reserve Bank of New Zealand), hosted the inaugural Symposium on Indigenous Economies.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• Monetary Policy Spillover to Small Open Economies: Is the Transmission Different under Low Interest Rates?

  Staff Working Paper 2021-62 Jin Cao, Valeriya Dinger, Tomás Gómez, Zuzana Gric, Martin Hodula, Alejandro Jara, Ragnar Juelsrud, Karolis Liaudinskas, Simona Malovaná, Yaz Terajima

  Does the transmission of monetary policy change when interest rates are low or negative? We shed light on this question by analyzing the international bank lending channels of monetary policy using regulatory data on banks from four small open economies: Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic and Norway.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, International topics, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): E, E4, E43, E5, E52, E58, F, F3, F34, F4, F42, G, G2, G21, G28
• November 30, 2021

  CFIF Meeting (November 30, 2021)

  Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
• November 30, 2021

  Research Update - November 2021

  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.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Research newsletters
• November 29, 2021

  The Indigenous economy in Canada: Partnering to promote

  Presentation (delivered virtually) Lawrence L. Schembri Symposium on Indigenous Economies Ottawa, Ontario

  As part of a panel of central bankers, Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri speaks about economic reconciliation and why it is “completely consistent with the Bank’s mandate.”

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
• November 29, 2021

  Opening Statement before the Symposium on Indigenous Economies

  Opening statement (delivered virtually) Tiff Macklem Symposium on Indigenous Economies Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem speaks about the need for a more inclusive economy and says “taking concrete steps toward economic reconciliation is our responsibility too.”

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements

• The Countercyclical Capital Buffer and International Bank Lending: Evidence from Canada

  Staff Working Paper 2021-61 David Xiao Chen, Christian Friedrich

  We examine the impact of the CCyB on foreign lending activities of Canadian banks. We show that the announcement of a tightening in another country’s CCyB leads to a decrease in the growth rate of cross-border lending between Canadian banks and borrowers in that other country.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Credit risk management, Financial institutions, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, International topics JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, F, F2, F21, F3, F32, G, G2, G21, G28
• November 29, 2021

  APTN National News

  

  Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada
  Interview with APTN National News.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media activities

• Bitcoin Adoption and Beliefs in Canada

  Staff Working Paper 2021-60 Daniela Balutel, Christopher Henry, Jorge Vásquez, Marcel Voia

  Using an economic model as well as survey data from the Bank of Canada, we study what factors influence the adoption of Bitcoin in Canada.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech, Econometric and statistical methods, Economic models JEL Code(s): D, D8, D83, O, O3, O33

• Democratic Political Economy of Financial Regulation

  Staff Working Paper 2021-59 Igor Livshits, Youngmin Park

  We offer a theory of how inefficiently lax financial regulation could arise in a democratic society.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Housing, Interest rates JEL Code(s): E, E4, E43, E44, G, G0, G01, G2, G21, G28, P, P4, P48