Conferences

• October 17, 2019

  Conference on the Economics of Central Bank Digital Currency by the Bank of Canada and Sveriges Riksbank

  The Bank of Canada and Sveriges Riksbank jointly organized this conference on October 17 and 18, 2019 at the Bank of Canada headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. The event aimed at providing a forum for central bankers and academic researchers to discuss the arguments for and against the issuance of CBDC and under what conditions, if any, governments should issue their own digital currencies.

  Content Type(s): Conferences
• October 17, 2019

  Advances in Fixed Income Macro-Finance Research

  The Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco hosted the 7th Conference on Fixed Income Markets, discussing the implications for monetary policy of new research that focuses on bond and money markets.

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• August 13, 2019

  2019 Summer Workshop on Money, Banking, Payments and Finance

  The Bank of Canada, together with Ed Nosal (Federal Reserve Bank at Atlanta) and Randall Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison), showcased research on the interbank market, monetary policy, cryptocurrency and central bank digital currency.

  Content Type(s): Conferences
• June 25, 2019

  The Tenth International Workshop on Theoretical and Experimental Macroeconomics

  Macroeconomic theories have traditionally been tested using non‐experimental data from the field. However, modern, micro‐based macroeconomic models can also be tested in the laboratory, which affords better causal inference, and researchers have begun to pursue such experimental tests.

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• May 10, 2019

  Climate Change and Central Banking Workshop

  This Bank of Canada conference examined macroeconomic and monetary policy challenges around climate change, including firm and bank exposures to physical and transition risks. Participants also discussed medium- and long-run implications for productivity growth and trade.

  Content Type(s): Conferences Topic(s): Climate change
• March 8, 2019

  Risk Management and Financial Innovation Conference

  The Bank of Canada and the Rotman School of Management organized a conference in memory of Professor Peter Christoffersen, a well-respected colleague and Bank of Canada research fellow, who passed away in June 2018. The conference showcased frontier research in finance on topics such as fintech, banking regulations, extreme risks and risk management.

  Content Type(s): Conferences
• November 13, 2018

  Capital Flows in Advanced Economies

  This conference examines the latest empirical and theoretical research surrounding capital flows for financial stability in advanced economies. The volatility and large size of capital flows has led to an international policy debate about their financial stability implications for advanced economies as well as potential ramifications for emerging economies.

  Content Type(s): Conferences
• November 1, 2018

  2018 Bank of Canada Annual Conference: Inflation Targeting: Revisit! Revise it?

  Conference held on November 1-2, 2018.

  Content Type(s): Conferences
• October 24, 2018

  Retail Payments Workshop: Theory and Empirics

  Bank of Canada Conference held on October 24–25, 2018.

  Content Type(s): Conferences Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
• October 22, 2018

  Seventh Public Investors Conference

  Conference to be held on October, 22-23, 2018. Co-sponsored by the BIS, World Bank, Bank of Canada and Banca d'Italia.

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