Bank of Canada (BoC)
Central banks should consider price-level targeting: CentralBanking.com poll
Fifty-three percent of voters in CentralBanking.com poll think central banks should mull switch to price-level targeting framework
Mortgage discounting slows monetary policy pass through: Bank of Canada
Bank of Canada Winter Review 2010–2011 says mortgage-rate discounting slows monetary policy pass-through to lending rates
Canada’s Murray on commodity price volatility
Bank of Canada deputy governor John Murray says evidence suggests commodity price volatility is largely owing to market fundamentals not speculation
Bank of Canada paper on mortgage discount rates
Bank of Canada study shows mortgage lenders discriminate against those with less favourable spending patterns
Canada’s Macklem calls on firms to raise investment
Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Tiff Macklem says Canadian businesses will need to up their investment spending to compete in global market
Bank of Canada paper on exposure of foreign shocks
Bank of Canada study examines Canadian economy’s exposure to global economic developments
Strong US-Canadian financial linkages: Bank of Canada paper
Bank of Canada study finds strong evidence of spillover effect between financial conditions in the United States and Canada
Bank of Canada – Monetary Policy Report (January 2011)
Bank of Canada January Monetary Policy Report expects export-led recovery to gain momentum in 2011
Canada’s Côté on households' role in recovery
Bank of Canada deputy governor Agathe Côté discusses balance of risks in household spending and impact on economic recovery
Number of central bankers on the rise
Central banks increase staff, reversing decade-long downsizing trend
Fed extends temporary dollar swap lines
Dollar swap lines reopened with five central banks in May will remain in operation until August 2011, seven months past original date of expiry
Semi-structural models and inflation forecasting: Bank of Canada paper
Bank of Canada study finds semi-structural models best traditional New Keynesian Phillips Curve, bivariate vector autoregression models at inflation forecasting
Carney cautions on dangers of low rates
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney warns that cheap money is far from viable as a long-term growth strategy
Adverse selection in a crisis: Bank of Canada paper
Bank of Canada research examines consequences of negative selection when markets are in turmoil
Bank of Canada – Financial System Review (December 2010)
Canadian central bank says households’ debt levels pose risk
Canada closes part of currency unit
Bank of Canada agrees to sell assets from optical security material division to banknote security supplier Fortress Optical Features
Bank of Canada to government: cut tax, don’t spend
Bank of Canada study shows tax cuts are better than government spending for boosting the economy
Central bank documents stolen from Carney’s car
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney robbed of bag containing internal central bank papers after car was broken into, central bank says bag was recovered but not known if all documents were retrieved
Canada’s Carney favours contingent capital solution to too big-to-fail
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says embedding contingent capital in all future issues of new debt will privatise losses
Canada calls for holistic approach to regulation
Bank of Canada study says regulators must consider capital, liquidity and short-term liabilities jointly when addressing systemic risk
Temporary workers account for large part of labour reallocation costs: Bank of Canada
Bank of Canada study shows excluding temporary workers severely underestimates adjustment costs to labour
Canada’s Carney: recovery to weaken
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney forecasts subdued growth as economy enters next phase of recovery
Bank of Canada: capital requirements dampen shocks
Bank of Canada study creates micro-model banking sector where capital requirements dampen real impacts of financial shocks