April 22, 2013
Annual Report, Bank of Canada Review, Bank of Canada Review articles, Books and monographs, Souvenir books, Business Outlook Survey, Financial Stability Report, Financial System Review articles, Monetary Policy Report, Quarterly Financial Report, Senior Loan Officer Survey
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April 17, 2013
Monetary Policy Report – April 2013
Following growth of 1.8 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 1.5 per cent in 2013, 2.8 percent in 2014 and 2.7 in 2015, and to reach full capacity in mid-2015, later than anticipated in the January Report.
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April 8, 2013
Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2013
Taken together, responses to the spring survey indicate that, following a recent slowing in economic activity, firms expect business conditions to remain challenging over the next 12 months. -
April 8, 2013
Senior Loan Officer Survey - First-Quarter 2013
The survey results point to a slight easing in overall business-lending conditions during the first quarter of 2013. -
February 21, 2013
The G-20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth: Macroeconomic Coordination Since the Crisis
Since 2009, the G-20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth has provided a mechanism for international macroeconomic policy coordination. The Framework has had some successes, including agreement on objectives for fiscal consolidation. However, post-crisis global growth has been neither strong nor balanced. Progress has also been slow in developing credible fiscal consolidation plans in some advanced countries and in increasing exchange rate flexibility in certain emerging economies. A stronger peer review process and enhanced analysis of international spillovers would increase the Framework’s influence on member policies. -
February 21, 2013
The U.S. Recovery from the Great Recession: A Story of Debt and Deleveraging
The U.S. recovery from the Great Recession has been slow relative to other postwar-era recoveries in the United States. Encouraged by loose lending standards in the pre-crisis period, U.S. households took on unsustainable amounts of debt, making them vulnerable to adverse shocks. Subsequently, a considerable drop in asset prices forced households to repair their balance sheets. While there has been progress in household deleveraging, the government sector now needs to delever, which will restrain growth over the next few years. -
February 21, 2013
Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2012-2013
This issue features a summary of the Bank’s annual conference, Financial Intermediation and Vulnerabilities, which took place in October 2012, as well as two articles that present analysis of international macroeconomic coordination since the global financial crisis and the U.S. recovery from the Great Recession.
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February 21, 2013
Conference Summary: Financial Intermediation and Vulnerabilities
The Bank of Canada’s annual economic conference, held in October 2012, brought together experts from across Canada and around the world to discuss key issues concerning financial intermediation and vulnerabilities. The conference covered such topics as household finances and their relationship to financial stability, as well as bank regulation, securitization and shadow banking. -
January 23, 2013
Monetary Policy Report – January 2013
Following an estimated 1.9 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 2.0 per cent in 2013 and 2.7 per cent in 2014, and to reach full capacity in the second half of 2014, later than anticipated in the October Report. -
January 14, 2013
Senior Loan Officer Survey - Fourth-Quarter 2012
The survey results indicate that there was virtually no change in overall business-lending conditions during the fourth quarter of 2012, following several consecutive quarters of easing in credit conditions.