Posts

• November 19, 2018

  Launch of New $10 Note

  Remarks Stephen S. Poloz Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Governor Poloz speaks at the launch of Canada’s new vertical $10 note.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Bank notes
• November 19, 2018

  CARR Meeting (November 19, 2018)

  Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group

• Macroprudential FX Regulations: Shifting the Snowbanks of FX Vulnerability?

  Staff Working Paper 2018-55 Toni Ahnert, Kristin Forbes, Christian Friedrich, Dennis Reinhardt

  Can macroprudential foreign exchange (FX) regulations on banks reduce the financial and macroeconomic vulnerabilities created by borrowing in foreign currency? To evaluate the effectiveness and unintended consequences of macroprudential FX regulations, we develop a parsimonious model of bank and market lending in domestic and foreign currency and derive four predictions.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Financial system regulation and policies, International financial markets JEL Code(s): F, F3, F32, F34, G, G1, G15, G2, G21, G28
• November 15, 2018

  Cross-Border Interbank Payments and Settlements: Emerging Opportunities for Digital Transformation

  Preliminary report prepared by the Bank of Canada, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Bank of England, and HSBC, with contributions from Toronto-Dominion Bank, the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, the United Overseas Bank, KPMG and Payments Canada
  This report describes the preliminary findings of the fourth phase of Project Jasper, a collaborative research initiative between the public and private sectors to understand challenges and inefficiencies in cross-border payments and settlement and how new models for these processes could improve the outcome.
• November 15, 2018

  The Bank of Canada, Bank of England and Monetary Authority of Singapore share assessment on emerging opportunities for digital transformation in cross-border payments

  This joint press release describes a preliminary report on the findings of the fourth phase of the Project Jasper research initiative.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
• November 14, 2018

  Bank of Canada to launch Financial System Hub

  Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada will launch its new Financial System Hub on Wednesday, November 14, 2018.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
• November 14, 2018

  Bank of Canada launches digital hub for promoting a stable and efficient financial system

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Today the Bank of Canada launched the Financial System Hub, a dedicated space on the Bank’s website for timely analysis and research on financial stability issues.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• Modelling the Macrofinancial Effects of a House Price Correction in Canada

  Staff Analytical Note 2018-36 Thibaut Duprey, Xuezhi Liu, Cameron MacDonald, Maarten van Oordt, Sofia Priazhkina, Xiangjin Shen, Joshua Slive

  We use a suite of risk-assessment models to examine the possible impact of a hypothetical house price correction, centred in the Toronto and Vancouver areas. We also assume financial stress significantly amplifies the macroeconomic impact of the house price decline.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability, Housing JEL Code(s): E, E2, E27, E3, E37, E4, E44, G, G2, G21
• November 14, 2018

  Financial System Survey Highlights—November 2018

  This article presents the key results from the autumn 2018 Bank of Canada Financial System Survey, conducted between September 24 and October 12, 2018. The survey collects expert opinions from financial system experts on the risks to, and resilience of, the Canadian financial system.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Survey
• November 14, 2018

  Financial System Resilience and House Price Corrections

  Thibaut Duprey, Xuezhi Liu, Cameron MacDonald, Maarten van Oordt, Sofia Priazhkina, Xiangjin Shen, Joshua Slive, Virginie Traclet

  We use models to better understand and assess how risks could affect the financial system. In our hypothetical scenario, a house price correction and elevated financial stress weigh on the economy. An increased number of households and businesses have difficulty repaying loans. Nonetheless, the large banks remain resilient.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Hub articles