The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) has been laying the groundwork to ensure a smooth transition of financial products referencing the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR).
The Bank of Canada is committed to supporting a secure, stable and resilient financial system infrastructure. This includes applying a risk-based approach to detect and deter the use of the Bank’s services and delivery channels for illegal purposes.
We propose a macroeconomic model with a nonlinear Phillips curve that has a flat slope when inflationary pressures are subdued and steepens when inflationary pressures are elevated. Our model can generate more sizable inflation surges due to cost-push and demand shocks than a standard linearized model when inflation is high.
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem discusses the important lessons from 2022 and explains what the Bank is doing to restore price stability for Canadians.
The Bank of Canada has announced the five finalist teams in the 2022–23 edition of The Governor’s Challenge, a competition where university students simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council.
We revisit an old question: how do financial constraints affect the transmission of monetary policy to the real economy? To answer this question, we propose a simple empirical strategy that combines firm-level employment and balance sheet data, identified monetary policy shocks and survey data on financing activities.