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• April 3, 2017

  Public consultation results for the Canada 150 commemorative $10 note

  Highlights and comprehensive reports related to the consultation process for the $10 bank note commemorating the 150th anniversary of Confederation.
• April 3, 2017

  Business Outlook Survey - Spring 2017

  The results of the spring Business Outlook Survey reflect signs of a further strengthening of domestic demand following overall subdued activity over the past two years. This outlook is supported by foreign demand and an expected rebound in activity in energy-producing regions.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey

• Assessing the Business Outlook Survey Indicator Using Real-Time Data

  Staff Discussion Paper 2017-5 Lise Pichette, Marie-Noëlle Robitaille

  Every quarter, the Bank of Canada conducts quarterly consultations with businesses across Canada, referred to as the Business Outlook Survey (BOS). A principal-component analysis conducted by Pichette and Rennison (2011) led to the development of the BOS indicator, which summarizes survey results and is used by the Bank as a gauge of overall business sentiment.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): C, C5, C53, C8, C82, E, E3, E37
• April 3, 2017

  Senior Loan Officer Survey - First Quarter of 2017

  Survey results suggest that overall business-lending conditions were essentially unchanged during the first quarter of 2017. This is the third consecutive quarter of unchanged lending conditions.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
• April 30, 2016

  Research Update - April 2016

  This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Research newsletters
• April 29, 2016

  Independent Advisory Council announces candidates for the 2018 bank note featuring an iconic Canadian woman

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that the 2018 bank note independent Advisory Council has narrowed to 12 names the list of iconic Canadian women who could be featured on the first bank note of the next series.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 29, 2016

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 29 April 2016

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• April 28, 2016

  A Bank NOTE-able Canadian Woman: Selection process

  Learn about the process that led to the selection of Viola Desmond to be featured on the next regularly circulating $10 note.
• April 28, 2016

  Banking and Financial Statistics - April 2016

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics

• Early Warning of Financial Stress Events: A Credit-Regime-Switching Approach

  Staff Working Paper 2016-21 Fuchun Li, Hongyu Xiao

  We propose an early warning model for predicting the likelihood of a financial stress event for a given future time, and examine whether credit plays an important role in the model as a non-linear propagator of shocks.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Financial stability JEL Code(s): C, C1, C12, C14, G, G0, G01, G1, G17