October 5, 2005
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Has Exchange Rate Pass-Through Really Declined in Canada?
Staff Working Paper 2005-29
Hafedh Bouakez,
Nooman Rebei
Several empirical studies suggest that exchange rate pass-through has declined in recent years in industrialized countries.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Economic models,
Exchange rates,
Inflation and prices,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F4
The Effects of the Exchange Rate on Investment: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Industries
Staff Working Paper 2005-22
Tarek Harchaoui,
Faouzi Tarkhani,
Terence Yuen
Using industry-level data for 22 Canadian manufacturing industries, the authors examine the relationship between exchange rates and investment during the period 1981–97.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Domestic demand and components,
Exchange rates
JEL Code(s):
D,
D2,
D24,
F,
F4
The Effectiveness of Official Foreign Exchange Intervention in a Small Open Economy: The Case of the Canadian Dollar
Staff Working Paper 2005-21
Rasmus Fatum,
Michael R. King
The Bank of Canada is one of very few central banks that has made records of the intraday timing of its intervention operations available to researchers.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
Financial markets
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E58,
F,
F3,
F31,
G,
G1,
G14,
G15
Labour Market Adjustments to Exchange Rate Fluctuations: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Industries
Staff Working Paper 2005-14
Danny Leung,
Terence Yuen
The authors provide some of the first empirical evidence on labour market adjustments to exchange rate movements in Canadian manufacturing industries.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
Labour markets
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E23,
F,
F4
April 22, 2005
Borders, Common Currencies, Trade, and Welfare: What Can We Learn from the Evidence?
Recent evidence indicates that the intensity of economic exchange within and across borders is significantly different: linkages are much tighter within, than among, nation-states. These findings, however, do not necessarily imply that borders and separate national currencies represent significant barriers to trade that should be removed, since the evidence is also consistent with the alternative hypothesis, that domestic exchange is more efficient because domestic producers are better able to satisfy the requirements of local consumers, owing to common tastes and institutions and the existence of local information and social networks. Focusing primarily on trade linkages within and between Canada and the United States, the authors review the evidence on the extent to which national borders lessen the intensity of international economic linkages, primarily trade in goods and services, and the effects on domestic welfare. They also examine the evidence on the impact of common currencies on trade and welfare. They determine that, since the empirical models employed to date in this research cannot distinguish between alternative explanations of the evidence, it is not yet possible to draw firm conclusions for policy-making.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Exchange rate regimes,
International topics,
Monetary policy framework
April 20, 2005
Conference Summary: Canada in the Global Economy
The Bank of Canada's 2004 research conference examined the real and financial linkages between the Canadian economy and the economies in the rest of the world. Although Canada has profited enormously from its openness to international trade in goods, services, and financial assets, many of the most significant shocks to the Canadian economy in recent years have come from abroad. For these reasons, understanding the extent and nature of the external linkages, their implications for the Canadian economy, and the process by which the Canadian economy adjusts to external shocks is of critical importance both for monetary policy and for monitoring the financial system. This article describes the purpose of the conference—to deepen economists' understanding of these important issues—and provides highlights of the papers presented in each of the five sessions, as well as summaries of the keynote lecture and the discussion of the policy panel.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Balance of payments and components,
Exchange rates,
International topics
Do Exchange Rates Affect the Capital-Labour Ratio? Panel Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Industries
Staff Working Paper 2005-12
Danny Leung,
Terence Yuen
Using industry-level data for Canadian manufacturing industries from 1981 to 1997, the authors find empirical evidence of a negative relationship between the capital-labour ratio and the user cost of capital relative to the price of labour.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
Productivity
JEL Code(s):
F,
F4
The Transmission of World Shocks to Emerging-Market Countries: An Empirical Analysis
Staff Working Paper 2004-44
Brigitte Desroches
The first step in designing effective policies to stabilize an economy is to understand business cycles. No country is isolated from the world economy and external shocks are becoming increasingly important.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rate regimes,
International topics,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E30,
E32,
E6,
E61,
F,
F0,
F02
Characterization of the Dynamic Effects of Fiscal Shocks in a Small Open Economy
Staff Working Paper 2004-41
Nooman Rebei
The author studies the macroeconomic consequences of discretionary changes in the fiscal policy instruments for Canada.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Exchange rates,
Fiscal policy
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E32,
E6,
E62