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James Kyeong

James Kyeong is an economist in the Financial Markets Department at the Bank of Canada.
May 26, 2010

Lender of last resort

The Bank of Canada, as Canada's central bank, is the ultimate source of liquid funds to the financial system. Learn about this role, known as “lender of last resort".

Bridging Canadian Business Lending and Market-Based Risk Measures

Staff analytical note 2019-26 Guillaume Ouellet Leblanc, Maxime Leboeuf
Lending to business is central to economic growth because it supports investment by firms. Knowing how market participants view risk in the financial system can give the Bank of Canada information about future growth in business loans. In this note, we look at three market-based risk measures and find that sudden increases in the perception of risk in the Canadian banking system are associated with a weaker outlook for business loans and real gross domestic product.

Tatjana Dahlhaus

Tatjana Dahlhaus
Tatjana Dahlhaus is a Senior Research Advisor in the Canadian Economic Analysis Department at the Bank of Canada.
July 20, 2010

About financial markets

Financial markets consist of markets for money, bonds, equities, derivatives, and foreign exchange. They are one of the three elements of Canada's financial system.
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