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BoC–BoE Sovereign Default Database: What’s new in 2026?
The BoC–BoE database of sovereign debt defaults, published and updated annually by the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, provides comprehensive estimates of stocks of government obligations in default. -
October 2, 2026
Breaking down the costs of building new housing
To make housing more affordable, Canada needs to build more homes. Monetary policy plays an indirect role in increasing housing supply, but it is only one piece of a much larger puzzle. -
How Do Import Tariffs Affect Aggregate Prices? Theory and Evidence from Canada
Using Canadian firm-level market shares and an oligopolistic model, the paper shows that a 25% counter-tariff on U.S. imports raises Canada's aggregate price index by 0.66%, far below direct cost pass-through predictions due to consumer substitution and markup adjustments. -
The Production Network Amplification of Retaliatory Tariffs
We develop a framework to quantify how tariff changes on imported goods affect sectoral and aggregate consumption prices through direct and production-network channels. Using Canada's input-output matrix and administrative firm-good import data for the universe of Canadian firms, we estimate price elasticities for tariffs on U.S.-imported goods. -
October 1, 2026
Bank of Canada Media Interview – The Missing Middle podcast
Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers gave an interview to The Missing Middle podcast. -
October 1, 2026
Speech by Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada
On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, will speak before the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and CFA Society Victoria. -
October 1, 2026
Canada’s housing affordability dilemma
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers discusses housing affordability, focusing on how it became such a challenge over time and why there are no easy solutions. -
October 1, 2026
The complexity of housing affordability
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers talks about housing affordability and why it is so difficult to fix, explaining that housing has become about more than just a place to live. -
Prima: The Bank of Canada’s New Projection and Policy-Analysis Model—An Overview
Prima is the Bank of Canada’s new model for projection and policy analysis. It builds on the economic foundations of earlier Bank models, adding detail on how sectoral pressures affect production costs and their pass-through to consumer prices.