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December 9, 2010
Financial System Review - December 2010
Although the global financial system continues to recover gradually from the unprecedented dislocations experienced in recent years, significant downside risks remain. Market concerns over acute fiscal strains in some euro-area countries have intensified sharply in recent weeks.
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December 9, 2010
Results of the 9 December 2010 Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
Today's results of the Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes -
December 8, 2010
Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo for Balance Sheet Management Purposes Operation
Primary dealers are asked to submit their bids to the Bank of Canada between 09:15 and 09:30 (ET) on the day of the auction. The results of this operation will be announced on the Bank’s web site by 10:00 (ET). Winning bidders must notify the Bank of Canada of the securities that will be used in the operation by 11:00 (ET) on the day of the auction. -
December 8, 2010
Bank of Canada Announces Closure of Optical Security Material Division and Sale of Related Assets
The Bank of Canada announced today that it is closing its Optical Security Material (OSM) division and selling all of its related assets. -
December 7, 2010
Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. -
November 19, 2010
Has Exchange Rate Pass-Through Really Declined? Some Recent Insights from the Literature
Building on an earlier Review article, the authors critically reassess the premise that exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) has declined in light of recent studies of the issue in the context of a dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium framework. -
November 18, 2010
Debt Management Strategy Consultations - 2011-12
The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking the views of government securities distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on issues relating to the design and operation of the domestic Government of Canada debt program for 2011-12 and beyond. -
November 18, 2010
Where the Economy and Finance Meet
As the title of my speech suggests, I would like to discuss the connections between the real economy – the tangible world of jobs, goods and services – and the more intangible world of finance – of money flows, interest rates and the stock market. They have a long and eventful history. -
November 18, 2010
Financial Stress, Monetary Policy, and Economic Activity
The recent global crisis was characterized by a remarkable intensity in the negative feedback process between financial sector developments and the real economy.