September 19, 2024
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September 19, 2024
Speech: Sherbrooke Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Monetary policy decision-making: behind the scenes — External Deputy Governor Nicolas Vincent speaks before the Sherbrooke Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (08:15 (ET) approx.).
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September 19, 2024
Getting to a monetary policy decision
External Deputy Governor Nicolas Vincent gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council arrives at its monetary policy decisions. -
Housing Affordability and Parental Income Support
In many countries, the cost of housing has greatly outpaced income growth, leading to a housing affordability crisis. Leveraging Canadian loan-level data and quasi-experimental variation in payment-to-income constraints, we document an increasing reliance of first-time homebuyers on financial help from their parents, through mortgage co-signing. We show that parental support can effectively relax borrowing constraints—potentially to riskier borrowers. -
May 9, 2024
Financial Stability Report—2024
Canada’s financial system remains resilient. Over the past year, households, businesses, banks and non-bank financial institutions have continued to proactively adjust to higher interest rates. But this adjustment is not yet over and continues to present risks to financial stability. Key risks include those related to debt serviceability and asset valuations.