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November 18, 2010
October 20, 2010
The global economic recovery is entering a new phase. In advanced economies, temporary factors supporting growth in 2010 - such as the inventory cycle and pent-up demand - have largely run their course and fiscal stimulus will shift to fiscal consolidation over the projection horizon.
Monetary Policy Report – October 2010
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Monetary Policy Report
October 8, 2010
Business Outlook Survey - Autumn 2010
Responses to the autumn survey suggest that the economic recovery is progressing. Firms remain positive about the outlook over the next 12 months, but they generally expect growth to be modest, owing in part to a weaker outlook for the U.S. economy.
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Business Outlook Survey
October 8, 2010
Senior Loan Officer Survey - Third-Quarter 2010
The survey results point to an overall easing in business-lending conditions during the third quarter of 2010. Both the price and non-price aspects of business lending eased during the quarter. Note that the balance of opinion indicates only the direction of the change in lending conditions; it does not provide information on the magnitude of the change.
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Senior Loan Officer Survey
August 19, 2010
Monetary Policy and the Zero Bound on Nominal Interest Rates
The recent financial crisis and global economic slowdown have renewed interest in monetary policy options when the policy interest rate is at or near zero.
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Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy framework
August 19, 2010
Price-Level Targeting and Relative-Price Shocks
Stephen Murchison reviews the findings of recent Bank of Canada research on the relative merits of inflation targeting and price-level targeting (PLT) for a small open economy, such as Canada's, that is susceptible to large and persistent terms-of-trade shocks.
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Bank of Canada Review articles
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Central bank research,
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy framework
August 19, 2010
Should Monetary Policy Be Used to Counteract Financial Imbalances?
The authors examine whether monetary policy should and could do more to lean against financial imbalances (such as those associated with asset-price bubbles or unsustainable credit expansion) as they are building up, or whether its role should be limited to cleaning up the economic consequences as the imbalances unwind.
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Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Financial system regulation and policies,
Monetary policy framework
August 19, 2010
Conference Summary: New Frontiers in Monetary Policy Design
Although the current inflation-targeting regime has served Canadians well, sound public policy demands the continuous exploration of possible improvements in the monetary policy framework.
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Bank of Canada Review articles
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Central bank research,
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy framework
August 19, 2010
Examination of how, when the policy interest rate is at or near zero, different monetary policy frameworks might help to lower the risk and economic cost of such a scenario; review of the findings of recent Bank of Canada research on the relative merits of inflation targeting and price-level targeting (PLT) for a small open economy; examination of monetary policy being used to counteract financial imbalances; conference summary: new frontiers in monetary policy design.
Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2010
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Bank of Canada Review
July 28, 2010
Report commissioned by the Bank, written by Professor Duncan McDowall of Carleton University and released in November 1997. The Bank also released a search aid for related files in its archives and for Department of Finance documents.
Due Diligence: A Report on the Bank of Canada's Handling of Foreign Gold during World War II
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Books and monographs