Regional economic developments

• November 15, 2000

  Recent Performance of the Canadian Economy: A Regional View

  Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2000 David Amirault, Louis-Robert Lafleur

  This article first outlines the activities of the Bank's regional offices and looks at how regional economic analysis fits into the Bank's decision-making process. The changing role of the regional offices in communications and in information gathering is examined, focusing on the quarterly surveys of industries and associations. The second section reviews, from a regional perspective, economic developments since the Asian crisis and future prospects.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Regional economic developments
• August 15, 2000

  Restructuring in the Canadian Economy: A Survey of Firms

  Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2000 Carolyn Kwan

  Towards the end of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, the Canadian economy experienced a number of structural changes. These included free trade agreements (both the FTA and NAFTA), significant technological advances, deregulation in many sectors of the economy, the arrival of large, U.S.-based retailers, and the introduction of the GST.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Labour markets, Productivity, Regional economic developments