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• June 12, 2024

  Central banking: Navigating in a new world

  Remarks Tiff Macklem 30th Conference of Montréal: International Economic Forum of the Americas Montréal, Quebec

  Governor Tiff Macklem looks back on the lessons learned from post-pandemic inflation and discusses the challenges ahead.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Subject(s): Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation, Inflation targeting framework
• June 11, 2024

  Changes to Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility

  The Bank of Canada is announcing the addition of Secured General Collateral Notes (SGC Notes) as eligible collateral under its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), with the intent to support the development of this new market.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• Saving after Retirement and Preferences for Residual Wealth

  Staff working paper 2024-21 Giulio Fella, Martin B. Holm, Thomas Michael Pugh

  We estimate a model of households in Norway with bequest motives, health-dependent utility, and uncertain longevity and health. Our estimates imply strong bequest motives for households both with and without offspring. We interpret this as suggestive evidence that utility from residual wealth represents forces beyond an altruistic bequest motive.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): D, D1, D11, D12, D14, E, E2, E21 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial stability and systemic risk, Models and tools, Economic models, Monetary policy, Real economy and forecasting, Structural challenges, Demographics and labour supply
• June 10, 2024

  CARR provides guidance for CDOR-based loans, derivatives and securities that do not have a robust fallback in place for CDOR’s cessation post June 28, 2024

  The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) is providing guidance to market participants with respect to CDOR-linked loans, derivatives and securities that do not have adequate fallback language to address the cessation of CDOR following the final publication by Refinitiv Benchmark Services (UK) Limited on June 28, 2024 (the “Cessation Date”).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• June 5, 2024

  CBC News

  

  Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada
  Interview with CBC News

  Content Type(s): Press, Media activities
• June 5, 2024

  Bank of Canada reduces policy rate by 25 basis points

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¾%, with the Bank Rate at 5% and the deposit rate at 4¾%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet normalization.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• June 5, 2024

  Monetary Policy Decision Press Conference Opening Statement

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• May 30, 2024

  Future-proofing our payments systems

  Speech summary Ron Morrow Payments Canada SUMMIT Toronto, Ontario

  Executive Director of Payments, Supervision and Oversight Ron Morrow talks about how payments have evolved in Canada and why it’s important to modernize our payment infrastructure.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Subject(s): Currency, Bank notes, Digital currency, Financial system, Financial stability, Fintech, Retail payments
• May 30, 2024

  Laying bare the evolution of payments in Canada

  Remarks Ron Morrow Payments Canada SUMMIT Toronto, Ontario

  Ron Morrow, Executive Director of Payments, Supervision and Oversight, talks about the evolution of payments in Canada, as well as the Bank’s new supervisory role for payment service providers.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Subject(s): Currency, Bank notes, Digital currency, Financial system, Financial stability, Fintech, Retail payments

• Markups and Inflation in Oligopolistic Markets: Evidence from Wholesale Price Data

  Staff working paper 2024-20 Patrick Alexander, Lu Han, Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Ben Tomlin

  We study how the interaction of market power and nominal price rigidity influences inflation dynamics. We find that pass-through declines with price stickiness when markets are concentrated, which implies a lower slope of the New Keynesian Phillips curve.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): D, D4, D43, E, E3, E31, L, L1, L13, L8, L81 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market structure, Monetary policy, Inflation dynamics and pressures