Bank notes

• Demographics and the Demand for Currency

  Staff Working Paper 2014-59 Geoffrey R. Dunbar

  I use data from the Bank of Canada’s Bank Note Distribution System and exploit a natural experiment offered by the timing of Easter in the Gregorian calendar to analyze the effects of demographic change for currency demand.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Bank notes, Econometric and statistical methods JEL Code(s): C, C3, C31, C36, E, E4, E41
• December 16, 2014

  Bank of Canada publishes results of consultation on bank note design principles

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today published a summary of the comments it received in an online consultation on the principles guiding the design of the country’s bank notes.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Bank notes
• December 5, 2014

  Bank of Canada invites Canadians to propose design ideas for a bank note marking Canada’s 150th anniversary

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is inviting Canadians to propose ideas for the design of a new bank note to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Bank notes