Market structure and pricing

• Fixed-income dealing and central bank interventions

  Staff Analytical Note 2022-9 David Cimon, Adrian Walton

  We summarize the theoretical model of central bank asset purchases developed in Cimon and Walton (2022). The model helps us understand how asset purchases ease pressures on investment dealers to restore market conditions in a crisis.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Economic models, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): G, G1, G10, G2, G20, L, L1, L10

• Vertical Bargaining and Obfuscation

  Staff Working Paper 2022-13 Edona Reshidi

  Is obscuring prices always bad for consumers? The answer depends on the market structure and on the negotiating power between manufacturers and retailers.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): C, C7, C70, L, L1, L13, L4, L42

• Central Bank Liquidity Facilities and Market Making

  Staff Working Paper 2022-9 David Cimon, Adrian Walton

  We create a theoretical model of central bank asset purchases. The model helps explain how, in a crisis, these purchases ease pressures on investment dealers.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Economic models, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): G, G1, G10, G2, G20, L, L1, L10
• February 2, 2022

  A Canadian interest rate benchmark regime for the future

  Remarks (delivered virtually) Toni Gravelle International Swaps and Derivatives Association New York, New York

  Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle discusses some important changes that may be coming to Canada’s interest rate benchmarks.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Debt management, Financial markets, Financial system regulation and policies, Interest rates, Market structure and pricing