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Bank of Canada RSS Feedsen2024-03-29T13:00:42+00:00Are Commodity Prices Useful Leading Indicators of Inflation?
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Commodity prices have increased dramatically and persistently over the past several years, followed by a sharp reversal in recent months. These large and persistent movements in commodity prices raise questions about their implications for global inflation. The process of globalization has motivated much debate over whether global factors have become more important in driving the […]2009-01-29T11:40:39+00:00enAre Commodity Prices Useful Leading Indicators of Inflation?2009-01-29Business fluctuations and cyclesEconomic modelsInflation and pricesInternational topicsMonetary policy transmissionDiscussion Paper 2009-5https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dp09-5.pdfAre Commodity Prices Useful Leading Indicators of Inflation?Calista CheungJanuary 2009EE3E5E52E58Relative Prices, Trading Gains, and Real GDI: The Case of Canada
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2009/01/discussion-paper-2009-4/
Treating imports as intermediate inputs to domestic production, the author adopts the translog function approach to model real gross domestic income (GDI) in Canada over the 1961–2006 period. She explores the role of price ratios, such as terms of trade and the real effective exchange rate, in explaining changes in real GDI, trade openness, trade […]2009-01-29T11:35:15+00:00enRelative Prices, Trading Gains, and Real GDI: The Case of Canada2009-01-29Econometric and statistical methodsProductivityDiscussion Paper 2009-4https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dp09-4.pdfRelative Prices, Trading Gains, and Real GDI: The Case of CanadaYi ZhengJanuary 2009CC4C43DD3D33FF1F10OO4O47Emerging Asia's Impact on Food and Oil Prices: A Model-Based Analysis
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2009/01/discussion-paper-2009-3/
The authors explore the usefulness of macroeconomic models in analyzing global economic developments by examining movements in commodity prices between July 2007 and July 2008. They use the Bank of Canada's version of the Global Economy Model and investigate the longer-term outlook for commodity prices by constructing two different, globally consistent, scenarios for emerging Asia.2009-01-29T11:25:20+00:00enEmerging Asia's Impact on Food and Oil Prices: A Model-Based Analysis2009-01-29International topicsRecent economic and financial developmentsDiscussion Paper 2009-3https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dp09-3.pdfEmerging Asia’s Impact on Food and Oil Prices: A Model-Based AnalysisRené LalondePhilipp MaierDirk MuirJanuary 2009EE3E30E5E50E58E6E60Labour Shares and the Role of Capital and Labour Market Imperfections
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2009/01/discussion-paper-2009-2/
In continental Europe, labour shares in national income have exhibited considerable variation since 1970. Empirical and theoretical research suggests that the evolution of labour markets and labour market imperfections can, in part, explain this phenomenon.2009-01-29T10:35:48+00:00enLabour Shares and the Role of Capital and Labour Market Imperfections2009-01-29Economic modelsFinancial institutionsLabour marketsDiscussion Paper 2009-2https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dp09-2.pdfLabour Shares and the Role of Capital and Labour Market ImperfectionsLena SuchanekJanuary 2009CC7C78EE2E25JJ6J64Canada and the IMF: Trailblazer or Prodigal Son?
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2009/01/discussion-paper-2009-1/
Canada played an important role in the postwar establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yet it was also the first major member to challenge the orthodoxy of the BrettonWoods par value system by abandoning it in 1950 in favour of a floating, market-determined exchange rate.2009-01-29T10:11:19+00:00enCanada and the IMF: Trailblazer or Prodigal Son?2009-01-29Exchange rate regimesExchange ratesMonetary policy frameworkDiscussion Paper 2009-1https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dp09-1.pdfCanada and the IMF: Trailblazer or Prodigal Son?Michael BordoLawrence L. SchembriTamara GomesJanuary 2009EE5E52E58FF4F41F5F55NN7N72