Credit and credit aggregates, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial services, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, International financial markets, Lender of last resort, , Monetary policy implementation, Payment clearing and settlement systems
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Public Policy Objectives and the Next Generation of CPA Systems: An Analytical Framework
The payments landscape in Canada is rapidly changing and will continue to evolve, fuelled by strong and persistent drivers. In Canada, the Canadian Payments Association (CPA) is on a path to modernize Canada’s core payment systems. -
August 25, 2015
The Long-Term Evolution of House Prices: An International Perspective
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses the international evidence of underlying determinants of long-term movements in house prices. -
Cheap But Flighty: How Global Imbalances Create Financial Fragility
We analyze how a wealth shift to emerging countries may lead to instability in developed countries. Investors exposed to expropriation risk are willing to pay a safety premium to invest in countries with good property rights. -
Quantifying Contagion Risk in Funding Markets: A Model-Based Stress-Testing Approach
We propose a tractable, model-based stress-testing framework where the solvency risks, funding liquidity risks and market risks of banks are intertwined. -
Examining Full Collateral Coverage in Canada’s Large Value Transfer System
The Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) is Canada’s main electronic interbank funds transfer system that financial institutions use daily to transmit thousands of payments worth several billions of dollars. -
Risk Sharing in the Presence of a Public Good
This paper studies an economy where agents can spend resources on consuming a private good and on funding a public good. There is asymmetric information regarding agents’ relative preference for private versus public good consumption. -
July 15, 2015
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report. -
June 25, 2015
Building Trust, Not Walls: The Case for Cross-Border Financial Integration
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses the need to address cross-border obstacles to greater financial integration. -
Changes in Payment Timing in Canada’s Large Value Transfer System
This paper uncovers trends in payment timing in Canada’s Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) from 2003 to 2011. Descriptive analysis shows that LVTS payment activity has not been peaking in the late afternoon since 2008, and the improvement was most significant in 2009.