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L'endettement du secteur privé au Canada: un examen macroéconomique
Staff Working Paper 1994-7
Jean-François Fillion
In this study, the author examines the hypothesis of private-sector debt overhang, which suggests that households and businesses may on occasion find themselves holding too much debt and so decide to reduce it by cutting back expenditures. His aim is to determine whether this hypothesis can help explain the weakness of credit growth and the sluggishness of the recent economic recovery in Canada.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Sectoral balance sheet
The Implications of the FTA and NAFTA for Canada and Mexico
Technical Report No. 70
William White
This report highlights the possible implications of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for Canada and Mexico. While it is still early, the initial evidence indicates that these treaties are contributing to a continental process of industrial restructuring that will contribute to higher living standards over time. The […]
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F1,
F13
An Up-to-Date and Improved BVAR Model of the Canadian Economy
Staff Working Paper 1994-4
Daniel Racette,
Jacques Raynauld,
Christian Sigouin
In this paper, we estimate a fully optimized BVAR model of the Canadian economy for the period 1971-87. The model is well-adapted to the features of a small open economy. We show how it can be used as an input in the monetary policy process either as a forecasting instrument or an analytical tool.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models
A Further Analysis of Exchange Rate Targeting in Canada
Staff Working Paper 1994-2
Robert Amano,
Tony S. Wirjanto
In a recent paper Mercenier and Sekkat (1988) conclude that the Bank of Canada has followed a policy of exchange rate targeting using the money supply. We re-examine their results using a different estimation approach and with different assumptions about the forcing process of the exogenous variables.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates
Optimum Currency Areas and Shock Asymmetry: A Comparison of Europe and the United States
Staff Working Paper 1994-1
Nick Chamie,
Alain DeSerres,
René Lalonde
Since the early 1980s, models based on economic fundamentals have been poor at explaining the movements in the exchange rate (Messe 1990). In response to this problem, Frankel and Froot (1988) developed a model that uses two approaches to forecast the exchange rate: the fundamentalist approach, which bases the forecast on economic fundamentals, and the chartist approach, which bases the forecast on the past behaviour of the exchange rate.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
Financial markets
JEL Code(s):
C,
C4,
C40,
G,
G1,
G12
The Role of House Prices in Regional Inflation Disparities
Technical Report No. 67
Dinah Maclean
Theoretically, house prices will reveal greater disparities between regions than prices for more easily tradable goods and services. This contributes to regional disparities in inflation. In this report the author reviews a range of factors that are likely to cause greater disparities in house price inflation than in the price inflation of other goods and […]
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Regional economic developments
Modèles indicateurs du PIB réel pour quatre pays d'Europe et le Japon
Staff Working Paper 1993-11
Peter Gruhn,
Pierre St-Amant
For the five overseas countries considered in this study (Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Japan), data on real GDP are released on a quarterly basis at least two months after the end-of-quarter.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers