Macroprudential Policy with Capital Buffers Staff working paper 2019-8 Josef Schroth The countercyclical capital buffer is part of Basel III, the set of regulatory measures developed in response to the financial crisis of 2007–09. This study focuses on how time-varying capital buffers can address inefficiencies in economies with endogenous financial crises. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): E, E1, E13, E3, E32, E4, E44 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial stability and systemic risk, Financial system regulation and oversight, Household and business credit
April 29, 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 Good morning, Mr. Chairman and committee members. I am pleased to appear before this committee today to discuss the Bank of Canada’s views on the economy and our monetary policy stance. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
August 25, 2018 The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Central Banking Remarks Stephen S. Poloz Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Jackson Hole, Wyoming Governor Poloz talks about the economic benefits expected from disruptive digital technologies and the implications for monetary policy. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability, Fintech, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation
January 30, 2003 Annual Report 2002 In the year just ended, the global economy faced a number of exceptional challenges, reflecting a wide range of economic, financial, and geopolitical risks and uncertainties. These included the fallout from the September 2001 terrorist attacks, corporate accounting scandals, stock market volatility, and developments in the Middle East. Despite this global backdrop, the Canadian economy outperformed virtually all other industrial economies, growing by about 3 1/4 per cent and creating 560,000 jobs, while inflation expectations remained well anchored to the Bank of Canada’s 2 per cent inflation-control target. Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report
June 11, 2025 What is a tariff? A tariff is a tax on imports from another country. It can increase the prices consumers and businesses pay for that good. Content Type(s): Explainers Subject(s): Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation, Inflation targeting framework
May 30, 2017 Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2017 Quarterly Financial Report - First Quarter 2017 - For the period ended 31 March 2017 Content Type(s): Publications, Quarterly Financial Report
September 24, 2024 Economic growth during uncertain times Remarks Tiff Macklem IIF-CBA Forum Toronto, Ontario Governor Tiff Macklem discusses global uncertainty, and the Bank of Canada’s role in mitigating and managing risks to our economy. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Subject(s): Currency, Digital currency, Financial system, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation
June 23, 2005 Degree of Internationalization: An Analysis of Canadian Banks Financial System Review - June 2005 Walid Hejazi, Eric Santor Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
Technology Adoption in Input-Output Networks Staff working paper 2019-51 Xintong Han, Lei Xu We study how input-output networks affect the speed of technology adoption. In particular, we model the decision to adopt the programming language Python 3 by software packages. Python 3 provides advanced features but is not backward compatible with Python 2, which implies it comes with adoption costs. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): C, C6, C61, L, L2, L23, L8, L86, O, O1, O14, O3, O33 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Economic models, Structural challenges, Digitalization and productivity