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June 30, 2017
Research Update - June 2017
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. -
June 30, 2017
Business Outlook Survey - Summer 2017
Responses to the summer Business Outlook Survey suggest that business activity is continuing to gain momentum, buoyed by indications that domestic demand will improve further. Positive business prospects are increasingly widespread across regions and sectors. -
June 30, 2017
Senior Loan Officer Survey - Second Quarter of 2017
Survey results for 2017Q2 suggest that overall business-lending conditions were essentially unchanged for the fourth consecutive quarter. -
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June 28, 2017
Markets Calling: Intelligence Gathering at the Bank of Canada
Deputy Governor Lynn Patterson discusses how the Bank gathers financial market intelligence and what it is learning. -
June 27, 2017
FSB issues a report on the financial stability implications from FinTech
This FSB press release announces that a working group chaired by Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins published a report analyzing the potential financial stability implications of fintech. -
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Understanding Monetary Policy and its Effects: Evidence from Canadian Firms Using the Business Outlook Survey
This paper shows (i) that business sentiment, as captured by survey data, matters for monetary policy decisions in Canada, and (ii) how business perspectives are affected by monetary policy shocks. Measures of business sentiment (soft data) are shown to have systematic explanatory power for monetary policy decisions over and above typical Taylor rule variables. -