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• April 5, 2012

  The Bank of Canada Releases Its Annual Report for 2011

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report for 2011 was tabled in the House of Commons today.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 4, 2012

  Aging Gracefully: Canada’s Inevitable Demographic Shift

  Remarks Jean Boivin Economic Club of Canada Toronto, Ontario

  Deputy Governor Jean Boivin discusses aging in Canada and its impact on our economy.

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

• Risk Premium, Variance Premium and the Maturity Structure of Uncertainty

  Staff Working Paper 2012-11 Bruno Feunou, Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Abderrahim Taamouti, Roméo Tedongap

  Expected returns vary when investors face time-varying investment opportunities. Long-run risk models (Bansal and Yaron 2004) and no-arbitrage affine models (Duffie, Pan, and Singleton 2000) emphasize sources of risk that are not observable to the econometrician.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Asset pricing, Financial services JEL Code(s): G, G1, G12, G13
• April 2, 2012

  Exporting in a Post-Crisis World

  Remarks Mark Carney Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Waterloo, Ontario

  Governor Mark Carney discusses why Canada’s exports are lagging and what can be done to respond to the underlying challenges.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• April 2, 2012

  Canada’s Exports Need to Be Reoriented to the New Global Economy, Says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney

  Media Relations Waterloo, Ontario

  In response to the global financial crisis, Canada’s broad economic strategy has been to grow domestic demand and to encourage Canadian businesses to retool and reorient to the new global economy, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said in a speech today. “On the former, we have been successful,” he noted. On the second, he […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• March 30, 2012

  Weekly Financial Statistics - 30 March 2012

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
• March 29, 2012

  Summary of Comments - 2012-13 Debt Management Strategy Consultations and Operational Changes to the Cash-Management Bond Buyback Program

  Today, the Summary of Comments – 2012–13 Debt Management Strategy Consultations is being published on the Bank of Canada’s website in conjunction with the release of the government’s Debt Management Strategy for 2012–13 on the Department of Finance’s website.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 29, 2012

  Banking and Financial Statistics - 29 March 2012

  Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
• March 26, 2012

  Bank Note Launch

  Remarks Mark Carney Québec, Québec

  Governor Mark Carney announces the launch of the new $50 bank note.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• March 26, 2012

  Bank of Canada Issues $50 Polymer Bank Note

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney today officially announced the new $50 polymer bank note’s entry into circulation, during an event at the Canadian Coast Guard’s Québec port facility. These new notes will be available at financial institutions from coast to coast to coast starting today. Governor Carney was joined at the event by Shelly […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Research Topic(s): Bank notes