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  • September 11, 2009

    Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2009

    Autumn 2009
    Bank of Canada liquidity actions in response to the financial market turmoil; understanding corporate bond spreads using credit default swaps; review of the conflicts of interest between participants in the securitization process highlighting the most recent policy measures and potential solutions for ameliorating these agency issues.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
  • June 11, 2009

    Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2009

    Summer 2009
    Examining the incentives for banks to hold various assets on their balance sheets for use as collateral when the opportunity cost of doing so can be high; an outline of the complexity inherent in any modern risk-management system and review of possible strategies to improve the performance of risk management; causes and consequences of the changing pace of labour reallocation in Canada; description of the structure and functioning of BoC-GEM— an adaptation of the Global Economy Model— with examples of its recent application.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
  • April 9, 2009

    Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2009

    Spring 2009
    Examination of progress in the Bank’s exploration of two alternatives to the current inflation-targeting framework: (i) lowering the inflation target and (ii) shifting to a price-level target; a review of arguments for and against price-level targeting, focusing on its costs and benefits compared with inflation targeting; assessing the merits of price-level targeting vis-à-vis inflation targeting from a debt-revaluation perspective; quantifying redistribution of wealth in Canada in the face of unexpected inflation.
    Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review
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