Posts

• April 17, 2016

  Digital Disruptions to the Financial System, Opportunities and Threats

  Remarks Carolyn A. Wilkins International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C.

  Archived panel discussion at the International Monetary Fund seminar.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Research Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
• April 15, 2016

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 15 April 2016

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• April 15, 2016

  Bank of Canada announces recipients of 2016 Fellowship and Governor’s awards

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce Professor Daniel Trefler from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Professor Francesco Trebbi from the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver School of Economics as the 2016 recipients of the Bank’s Fellowship Award.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Fellowship Program

• Opaque Assets and Rollover Risk

  Staff Working Paper 2016-17 Benjamin Nelson, Toni Ahnert

  We model the asset-opacity choice of an intermediary subject to rollover risk in wholesale funding markets. Greater opacity means investors form more dispersed beliefs about an intermediary’s profitability.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability JEL Code(s): G, G0, G01, G2

• Asset Encumbrance, Bank Funding and Financial Fragility

  Staff Working Paper 2016-16 Kartik Anand, Prasanna Gai, James Chapman, Toni Ahnert

  In this piece we show that a limit on the level of asset encumbrance and minimum capital requirements are effective tools for minimizing the incentive for banks to take excessive risk.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): D, D8, D82, G, G0, G01, G2, G21, G28
• April 14, 2016

  Results of the 27-day and 83-day 14 April 2016 Term Repo Operation

  Results of today's term repo operation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 14, 2016

  Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation

  Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 13, 2016

  Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo Operations

  The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct term repo operations.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 13, 2016

  Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz, Carolyn A. Wilkins Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision and the MPR.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Research Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Interest rates, Labour markets, Monetary policy, Monetary policy implementation, Recent economic and financial developments
• April 13, 2016

  Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases