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November 14, 2013
Monetary Policy Decision Making at the Bank of Canada
The process that the Bank of Canada follows to make its monetary policy decisions has evolved over time. This process is very information-intensive and collaborative, drawing on the expertise, judgment and analysis of many people. This article describes monetary policy decision making at the Bank, and discusses some common misconceptions about monetary policy and the process.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Monetary policy framework,
Monetary policy implementation
November 14, 2013
Assessing Financial System Vulnerabilities: An Early Warning Approach
This article focuses on a quantitative method to identify financial system vulnerabilities, specifically, an imbalance indicator model (IIM) and its application to Canada. An IIM identifies potential vulnerabilities in a financial system by comparing current economic and financial data with data from periods leading up to past episodes of financial stress. It complements other sources of information - including market intelligence and regular monitoring of the economy - that policy-makers use to assess vulnerabilities.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Financial stability,
Monetary and financial indicators
JEL Code(s):
E,
E6,
E66,
G,
G0,
G01
November 14, 2013
Fragmentation in Canadian Equity Markets
Changes in technology and regulation have resulted in an increasing number of trading venues in equity markets in Canada. New trading platforms have intensified price competition and have encouraged innovation, and they do not appear to have segmented trade. But the increasingly complex market structure has necessitated investments in expensive technology and has introduced new operational risks. Regulatory responses should be carefully adapted to retain the competition and innovation associated with this market fragmentation.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial markets,
Market structure and pricing
JEL Code(s):
G,
G2,
L,
L1,
L13,
N,
N2,
N22
Some Economics of Private Digital Currency
Staff Working Paper 2013-38
Joshua S. Gans,
Hanna Halaburda
This paper reviews some recent developments in digital currency, focusing on platform-sponsored currencies such as Facebook Credits.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Bank notes,
Digital currencies and fintech,
Economic models,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
D,
D4,
D42,
E,
E4,
L,
L5,
L51
Measuring Uncertainty in Monetary Policy Using Implied Volatility and Realized Volatility
Staff Working Paper 2013-37
Bo Young Chang,
Bruno Feunou
We measure uncertainty surrounding the central bank’s future policy rates using implied volatility computed from interest rate option prices and realized volatility computed from intraday prices of interest rate futures.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Monetary and financial indicators,
Monetary policy and uncertainty
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4
ToTEM II: An Updated Version of the Bank of Canada’s Quarterly Projection Model
Technical Report No. 100
José Dorich,
Michael K. Johnston,
Rhys R. Mendes,
Stephen Murchison,
Yang Zhang
This report provides a detailed technical description of an updated version of the Terms-of-Trade Economic Model (ToTEM II), which replaced ToTEM (Murchison and Rennison 2006) in June 2011 as the Bank of Canada’s quarterly projection model for Canada.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Economic models
JEL Code(s):
E,
E1,
E17,
E2,
E20,
E3,
E30,
E4,
E40,
E5,
E50,
F,
F4,
F41
Public/Private Transitions and Firm Financing
Staff Working Paper 2013-36
Kim Huynh,
Teodora Paligorova,
Robert Petrunia
A large body of empirical literature investigates differences in financing structures across firms. Private firms’ financing receives little attention due to the lack of data.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Credit and credit aggregates,
Financial markets
JEL Code(s):
G,
G3,
G30,
L,
L1,
L11
The Common Component of CPI: An Alternative Measure of Underlying Inflation for Canada
Staff Working Paper 2013-35
Mikael Khan,
Louis Morel,
Patrick Sabourin
In this paper, the authors propose a measure of underlying inflation for Canada obtained from estimating a monthly factor model on individual components of the CPI. This measure, labelled the common component of CPI, has intuitive appeal and a number of interesting features.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Econometric and statistical methods,
Inflation and prices,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
E,
E3,
E31,
E32,
E5,
E52,
E58
The Safety of Government Debt
Staff Working Paper 2013-34
Kartik Anand,
Prasanna Gai
We examine the safety of government bonds in the presence of Knightian uncertainty amongst financial market participants. In our model, the information insensitivity of government bonds is driven by strategic complementarities across counterparties and the structure of trading relationships.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Financial stability,
International financial markets
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D81,
E,
E4,
E44,
F,
F0,
F02,
F4,
F41,
G,
G1,
G15