310
result(s)
Understanding Trend Inflation Through the Lens of the Goods and Services Sectors
Staff Working Paper 2020-45
Yunjong Eo,
Luis Uzeda,
Benjamin Wong
The goods and services sectors have experienced considerably different dynamics over the past three decades. Our goal in this paper is to understand how such contrasting behaviors at the sectoral level affect the aggregate level of trend inflation dynamics.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Inflation and prices,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C11,
C3,
C32,
E,
E3,
E31,
E5,
E52
Corporate investment and monetary policy transmission in Canada
Staff Analytical Note 2020-26
Min Jae Kim,
Jonathan Witmer
Unexpected changes in interest rates lead small firms to materially change their investment rate. Large firms, in contrast, show a smaller response. This suggests both that financial conditions are an important channel for transmitting monetary policy and that firm characteristics can help us better understand fluctuations in business investment.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Firm dynamics,
Monetary policy,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
D,
D2,
D22,
D9,
D92,
G,
G3,
G31,
G32
Forward Guidance and Expectation Formation: A Narrative Approach
Staff Working Paper 2020-40
Christopher S. Sutherland
How exactly does forward guidance influence interest rate expectations?
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Monetary policy,
Monetary policy communications,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D83,
D84,
E,
E3,
E37,
E5,
E52,
E58
The Canadian corporate investment gap
Staff Analytical Note 2020-19
Chris D'Souza,
Timothy Grieder,
Daniel Hyun,
Jonathan Witmer
Business investment has been lower than expected in Canada and abroad since the financial crisis of 2007–09. This corporate investment gap is mirrored in firms’ other financing decisions, as they have increased cash holdings and dividend payments and decreased issuance of debt and equity.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Firm dynamics,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
D,
D2,
D22,
D9,
D92,
G,
G3,
G31,
G32
Why Do Central Banks Make Public Announcements of Open Market Operations?
Staff Working Paper 2020-35
Narayan Bulusu
Central banks communicate the results of open market operations. This helps participants in financial markets more accurately estimate the prevailing demand and supply conditions in the market for overnight loans.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Monetary policy implementation
JEL Code(s):
D,
D5,
D52,
E,
E5,
E58,
G,
G2,
G21
Monetary Policy and Cross-Border Interbank Market Fragmentation: Lessons from the Crisis
Staff Working Paper 2020-34
Tobias Blattner,
Jonathan Swarbrick
We present a two-country model featuring risky lending and cross-border interbank market frictions.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Credit and credit aggregates,
International financial markets,
Monetary policy framework,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E44,
E5,
E52,
F,
F3,
F32,
F36
Strengthening Inflation Targeting: Review and Renewal Processes in Canada and Other Advanced Jurisdictions
Staff Discussion Paper 2020-7
Robert Amano,
Thomas J. Carter,
Lawrence L. Schembri
We summarize the review and renewal process at four central banks (Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Bank of England, Sveriges Riksbank and the US Federal Reserve Bank) and compare them with the process at the Bank of Canada, which has been well-established since 2001.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E52,
E58
Average is Good Enough: Average-inflation Targeting and the ELB
Staff Working Paper 2020-31
Robert Amano,
Stefano Gnocchi,
Sylvain Leduc,
Joel Wagner
The Great Recession and current pandemic have focused attention on the constraint on nominal interest rates from the effective lower bound.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Economic models,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
E32,
E5,
E52
Monetary Policy Implementation and Payment System Modernization
Staff Working Paper 2020-26
Jonathan Witmer
Canada plans to adopt a retail payment system to allow Canadians to pay in real time (or near real time) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, the traditional model for setting the overnight interest rate does not operate 24/7.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Monetary policy implementation,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E40,
E42,
E43