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Monetary Policy Transmission Through Shadow and Traditional Banks
Staff Working Paper 2024-8
Amina Enkhbold
I investigate how monetary policy transmits to mortgage rates via the mortgage market concentration channel for both traditional and shadow banks in the United States from 2009 to 2019. On average, shadow and traditional banks exhibit only a slight disparity in transmitting monetary shocks to mortgage rates.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Interest rates,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E44,
E5,
E52,
G,
G2,
G21
What has been putting upward pressure on CORRA?
Staff Analytical Note 2024-4
Boran Plong,
Neil Maru
From the autumn of 2023 into early 2024, the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA), a measure of the cost of overnight general collateral Canadian dollar repos, was consistently well above the Bank’s target for the overnight rate. We find that, among several factors, long bond positions that require repo financing are the main driver of the recent upward pressure on CORRA.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Financial markets,
Interest rates,
Lender of last resort,
Monetary policy implementation
JEL Code(s):
D,
D4,
D5,
D53,
E,
E4,
E43,
E44,
E5,
E52,
G,
G1,
G12
How changes in the share of constrained households affect the effectiveness of monetary policy
Staff Analytical Note 2024-3
Felipe Alves,
Sushant Acharya
We measure how the change in the share of constrained households in Canada following the COVID-19 recession has impacted the effectiveness of monetary policy.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E21,
E4,
E40,
E5,
E50
How Do Agents Form Macroeconomic Expectations? Evidence from Inflation Uncertainty
Staff Working Paper 2024-5
Tao Wang
The uncertainty regarding inflation that is observed in density forecasts of households and professionals helps macroeconomists understand the formation mechanism of inflation expectations. Shocks to inflation take time to be perceived by all agents in the economy, and such rigidity is lower in a high-inflation environment.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Inflation and prices,
Monetary policy and uncertainty
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D84,
E,
E3,
E31,
E7,
E71
The Role of International Financial Integration in Monetary Policy Transmission
Staff Working Paper 2024-3
Jing Cynthia Wu,
Yinxi Xie,
Ji Zhang
We propose an open-economy New Keynesian model with financial integration that allows financial intermediaries to hold foreign long-term bonds. We study the implications of financial integration on monetary policy transmission. Among various aspects of financial integration, the bond duration plays a major role. These results hold for conventional and unconventional monetary policies.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
International financial markets,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E44,
E5,
E52,
F,
F3,
F36,
F4,
F42
Modelling Canadian mortgage debt and payments in a semi-structural model
Staff Analytical Note 2024-1
Fares Bounajm,
Austin McWhirter
We show how Canadian mortgage debt dynamics can be modelled in a semi-structural macroeconomic model, such as the Bank of Canada’s LENS. The model we propose accounts for Canada’s unique mortgage debt structure.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E27,
E4,
E43,
E47,
G,
G5,
G51
Communicating Inflation Uncertainty and Household Expectations
Staff Working Paper 2023-63
Olena Kostyshyna,
Luba Petersen
We examine the value of direct communication to households about inflation and the uncertainty around inflation statistics. All types of information about inflation are effective at immediately managing inflation expectations, with information about outlooks being more effective and relevant than that about recent inflation and Bank targets.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Credibility,
Inflation and prices,
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy and uncertainty,
Monetary policy communications
JEL Code(s):
C,
C9,
C93,
D,
D8,
D84,
E,
E5,
E59,
E7
Perceived versus Calibrated Income Risks in Heterogeneous-Agent Consumption Models
Staff Working Paper 2023-59
Tao Wang
Perceived income risks reported in a survey of consumer expectations are more heterogeneous and, on average, lower than indirectly calibrated risks based on panel data. They prove to be one explanation for why a large fraction of households hold very little liquid savings and why accumulated wealth is widely unequal across households.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Monetary policy,
Monetary policy and uncertainty
JEL Code(s):
D,
D1,
D14,
E,
E2,
E21,
E7,
E71,
G,
G5,
G51
Estimating the Appropriate Quantity of Settlement Balances in a Floor System
Staff Discussion Paper 2023-26
Narayan Bulusu,
Matthew McNeely,
Kaetlynd McRae,
Jonathan Witmer
This paper presents two complementary approaches to estimating the appropriate quantity of settlement balances needed to effectively operate monetary policy under a floor system in Canada.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial markets,
Financial system regulation and policies,
Monetary policy implementation,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E41,
E42,
E5,
E52,
E58,
G,
G2,
G21,
G28