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• April 28, 2014

  Government of Canada issues its first ultra-long bond

  Today, the Government of Canada announced that it successfully issued $1,500 million in 50-year bonds through the syndication process.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• E-Money: Efficiency, Stability and Optimal Policy

  Staff Working Paper 2014-16 Jonathan Chiu, Tsz-Nga Wong

  What makes e-money more special than cash? Is the introduction of e-money necessarily welfare enhancing? Is an e-money system necessarily stable? What is the optimal way to design an efficient and stable e-money scheme?

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Bank notes, Digital currencies and fintech, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): E, E4, E42, E5, E58, L, L5, L51

• The Efficiency of Private E-Money-Like Systems: The U.S. Experience with State Bank Notes

  Staff Working Paper 2014-15 Warren E. Weber

  In the United States prior to 1863 each bank issued its own distinct notes. E-money shares many of the characteristics of these bank notes. This paper describes some lessons relevant to e-money from the U.S. experience with state bank notes.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Bank notes, Digital currencies and fintech, Financial services JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42, E5, E58

• Electronic Money and Payments: Recent Developments and Issues

  Staff Discussion Paper 2014-2 Ben Fung, Miguel Molico, Gerald Stuber

  The authors review recent developments in retail payments in Canada and elsewhere, with a focus on e-money products, and assess their potential public policy implications.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Bank notes, Digital currencies and fintech, Financial services, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42
• April 28, 2014

  Government of Canada considering ultra-long bond issuance

  As noted in the Debt Management Strategy for 2014-15, the Government of Canada has been engaged in the assessment of potential benefits of issuing bonds with a maturity of 50 years.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 25, 2014

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 25 April 2014

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• April 24, 2014

  Economic Adjustments Will Bring Benefits to All, Says Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz

  Media Relations Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  Some Canadian sectors and regions are hot and some are not, but all will ultimately reap the benefits of the country’s rich resource endowment, even as some difficult adjustments take place, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today in Saskatoon. Canada has been adjusting to two major economic shocks in recent years, Governor […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 24, 2014

  Canada’s Hot - and Not - Economy

  Remarks Stephen S. Poloz Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses the forces fuelling the differences between the hot - and not so hot - sectors of the economy and regions of the country.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks

• Canadian Non-Energy Exports: Past Performance and Future Prospects

  Staff Discussion Paper 2014-1 André Binette, Daniel de Munnik, Émilien Gouin-Bonenfant

  Canada has continued to lose market share in the United States since the Great Recession, beyond what our bilateral competitiveness measures (relative unit labour costs) would suggest.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Exchange rates JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F4, F43
• April 24, 2014

  Banking and Financial Statistics - April 2014

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