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The Impact of Unemployment Insurance and Unsecured Credit on Business Cycles

Staff working paper 2023-22 Michael Irwin
This paper studies how unsecured consumer credit impacts the extent to which unemployment insurance (UI) policies smooth aggregate consumption fluctuations over the business cycle. Using a general equilibrium real business cycle model, I find that unsecured credit amplifies the extent to which UI smooths cyclical consumption fluctuations.
June 5, 2003

How Sound Economic Policies Help During Uncertain Times

Remarks David Dodge German-Canadian Business Club of Berlin-Brandenburg Berlin, Germany
It is an honour and a privilege to address the German-Canadian Business Club of Berlin-Brandenburg at its inaugural meeting. Groups such as this one serve many important purposes, not the least of which is the development of trading links that help to strengthen the economies of both our countries.
July 15, 2026

Monetary Policy Report—July 2026—Global economy

The war in the Middle East has pushed up inflation around the world and is weighing on global economic activity. But oil prices have fallen from their peak, and inflation is expected to ease. Investment in AI is boosting global growth.

The Evolution of the Chinese Housing Market and Its Impact on Base Metal Prices

Staff discussion paper 2016-7 Mark Kruger, Kun Mo, Benjamin Sawatzky
The Chinese housing market has grown rapidly following its liberalization in the 1990s, generating significant economic activity and demand for base metals. In this paper, we discuss the evolution of the Chinese housing market and quantify its importance for the overall Chinese economy and its linkages to base metal prices.

(Un)Conventional Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Staff working paper 2023-6 Jing Cynthia Wu, Yinxi Xie
We build a tractable New Keynesian model to study and compare four types of monetary and fiscal policy: policy rate adjustments, quantitative easing, lump-sum fiscal transfers and government spending. We find that tax-financed fiscal policy is more stimulative than debt-financed policy, and optimal policy coordination needs at least two of these four policy instruments.
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