Staff analytical notes are short articles that focus on topical issues relevant to the current economic and financial context.
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result(s)
Canadian job postings in digital sectors during COVID-19
Staff Analytical Note 2021-18
Alejandra Bellatin,
Gabriela Galassi
Digital technologies have helped maintain economic activity while allowing people to remain physically distant throughout the COVID-19 crisis. This note shows that the number of online postings for jobs related to the production of digital technologies in Canada decreased less than the number for other jobs and recovered more quickly after lockdowns were lifted.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Labour markets
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E24,
J,
J2,
J23,
J6,
J63,
J64,
O,
O3,
O33
The uneven economic consequences of COVID 19: A structural analysis
Staff Analytical Note 2021-17
Martin Kuncl,
Austin McWhirter,
Alexander Ueberfeldt
Using a structural model, we study the economic consequences of the COVID-19 shock. The uneven consequences, such as higher unemployment among young households, amplify the negative implications for the macroeconomy, household vulnerabilities and consumption inequality. Government support programs have stimulated the economy and lowered inequality and medium-term vulnerabilities.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Fiscal policy,
Monetary policy
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E20,
E5,
E52,
E6,
E62
Exploring the potential benefits of inflation overshooting
Staff Analytical Note 2021-16
Robert Amano,
Marc-André Gosselin,
Kurt See
After a period with the interest rate at the effective lower bound, temporarily overshooting inflation may offer important economic benefits. This may be especially true for vulnerable segments of the population, such as workers with low attachment to the labour force and the long-term unemployed.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Inflation targets,
Labour markets,
Monetary policy,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
E5,
E52,
J,
J2,
J20
BoC–BoE Sovereign Default Database: What’s new in 2021?
Staff Analytical Note 2021-15
David Beers,
Elliot Jones,
Zacharie Quiviger,
John Walsh
The BoC–BoE database of sovereign debt defaults, published and updated annually by the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, provides comprehensive estimates of stocks of government obligations in default.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Debt management,
Development economics,
Financial stability,
International financial markets
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F34,
G,
G1,
G10,
G14,
G15
Small and smaller: How the economic outlook of small firms relates to size
Staff Analytical Note 2021-14
Chris D'Souza,
James Fudurich,
Farrukh Suvankulov
Firms with fewer than 100 workers employ about 65 percent of the total labour force in Canada. An online survey experiment was conducted with firms of this size in Canada in 2018–19. We compare the responses of small and micro firms to explore how their characteristics and economic outlooks relate to their size.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Firm dynamics
JEL Code(s):
C,
C8,
C83,
D,
D2,
D22,
E,
E3,
E32
Analyzing supply and demand for business loans using microdata from the Senior Loan Officer Survey
Staff Analytical Note 2021-13
Dylan Hogg
Both supply and demand factors help determine the level of business lending in the economy, but most data show only their combined effect on prices and quantities. Using the Bank of Canada’s Senior Loan Officer Survey microdata on financial institutions’ lending conditions and demand, we separate supply from demand effects.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Credit and credit aggregates,
Financial institutions,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
D,
D2,
D22,
G,
G0,
G01,
G2
Can regulating bank capital help prevent and mitigate financial downturns?
Staff Analytical Note 2021-12
Alejandro García,
Josef Schroth
Countercyclical capital buffers are regulatory measures developed in response to the global financial crisis of 2008–09. This note focuses on how time-varying capital buffers can improve financial stability in Canada
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Credit and credit aggregates,
Credit risk management,
Financial stability,
Financial system regulation and policies,
Lender of last resort
JEL Code(s):
E,
E1,
E13,
E3,
E32,
E4,
E44
COVID-19 crisis: Liquidity management at Canada’s largest public pension funds
Staff Analytical Note 2021-11
Guillaume Bédard-Pagé,
Daniel Bolduc-Zuluaga,
Annick Demers,
Jean-Philippe Dion,
Manu Pandey,
Léanne Berger-Soucy,
Adrian Walton
We examine how the eight largest Canadian public pension funds managed liquidity during the market turmoil in March 2020. The funds were generally resilient to large demands for liquidity and relied heavily on Canada's core funding markets.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Financial institutions,
Financial markets
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E58,
G,
G0,
G01,
G2,
G23
Overlooking the online world: Does mismeasurement of the digital economy explain the productivity slowdown?
Staff Analytical Note 2021-10
Alejandra Bellatin,
Stephanie Houle
Since the mid-2000s, labour productivity has slowed down in Canada despite enormous technological advances that were expected to improve it. This note investigates whether mismeasurement of the digital economy can explain this paradox.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Productivity
JEL Code(s):
E,
E0,
E01,
L,
L8,
L86,
O,
O3,
O33,
O4,
O5,
O51