May 13, 2014 Measuring Uncertainty in Monetary Policy Using Realized and Implied Volatility Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2014 Bo Young Chang, Bruno Feunou Uncertainty surrounding the Bank of Canada’s future policy rates is measured using implied volatility computed from interest rate options and realized volatility computed from intraday prices of interest rate futures. Both volatility measures show that uncertainty decreased following major policy actions taken by the Bank in response to the 2007–09 financial crisis. Findings also indicate that, on average, uncertainty decreases following the Bank’s policy rate announcements. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, E58
April 30, 2003 Opening Statement before the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee Opening statement David Dodge Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee The last time I testified before this committee was in the spring of 2002, because we were unable to arrange our regular meeting last fall. You will recall that following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, we quickly and aggressively cut our policy interest rate to shore up confidence and support domestic demand. By last spring, evidence had already started to build that demand was growing faster than the economy's production capacity. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
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July 22, 2010 Release of the Monetary Policy Report Opening statement Mark Carney Ottawa, Ontario The global economic recovery is proceeding but is not yet self-sustaining. A greater emphasis on balance sheet repair by households, banks, and governments in a number of advanced economies is expected to temper the pace of global growth relative to the Bank’s outlook in April. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
Everything You Want to Know About the Bank’s Standing Liquidity Facility… But were too afraid to ask! Staff analytical paper 2026-26 Kaetlynd McRae, Jessie Ziqing Chen The Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) is one of the Bank of Canada’s least discussed tools—and one of its most important. Embedded directly in Canada’s high value payment system, Lynx, the SLF operates quietly in the background every business day, ensuring the smooth settlement of payments and reinforcing the implementation of monetary policy. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical paper JEL Code(s): E, E4, E41, E42, E44, E5, E58, E59, G, G2, G21, G28 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market functioning, Financial system, Financial institutions and intermediation, Monetary policy, Monetary policy tools and implementation, Money and payments, Payment and financial market infrastructures
October 27, 2010 Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Opening statement Mark Carney Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Ontario We are pleased to appear before this committee today to discuss the Bank of Canada’s views on the economy and our monetary policy stance. Before I take your questions, I would like to give you some of the highlights from our latest Monetary Policy Report, which was released last week. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
Understanding Monetary Policy and its Effects: Evidence from Canadian Firms Using the Business Outlook Survey Staff working paper 2017-24 Matthieu Verstraete, Lena Suchanek This paper shows (i) that business sentiment, as captured by survey data, matters for monetary policy decisions in Canada, and (ii) how business perspectives are affected by monetary policy shocks. Measures of business sentiment (soft data) are shown to have systematic explanatory power for monetary policy decisions over and above typical Taylor rule variables. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): D, D2, D22, E, E4, E44, E5, E52 Research Theme(s): Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework and transmission, Monetary policy tools and implementation, Real economy and forecasting
January 23, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions for private sector money market instruments announced on 20 January, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 14-day term PRA transaction for private sector money market instruments. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 6, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions for private sector money market instruments announced on 20 January. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
February 27, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions for private sector money market instruments announced on 20 January. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices