May 20, 1997 Monetary Policy Report – May 1997 Since the last Report, the Canadian economy has advanced broadly in line with expectations. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
October 12, 2007 Bank of Canada Workshop on Derivatives Markets in Canada and Beyond Bank of Canada Review - Autumn 2007 Toni Gravelle At this 2006 workshop hosted by the Bank of Canada, an international group of market participants, regulators, and policy-makers gathered to assess recent developments in the derivatives market. Among the topics discussed were the recent prodigious growth in risk-transfer instruments, including credit derivatives and inflation-linked derivatives, as well as the accompanying challenges and benefits. Overall, the development of derivatives markets was seen as providing broad economic benefits, including more complete financial markets, improved market liquidity, and increased capacity of the financial system to effectively price and bear risk. Yet concern was also voiced that market participants do not fully understand the risks that arise in trading credit derivatives. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Research Topic(s): Financial markets, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies
Have Liquidity and Trading Activity in the Canadian Corporate Bond Market Deteriorated? Staff Analytical Note 2018-31 Chen Fan, Sermin Gungor, Guillaume Nolin, Jun Yang Since 2010, the liquidity of corporate bonds has improved on average, while their trading activity has remained stable. We find that the liquidity and trading activity of riskier bonds or bonds issued by firms in different sectors have been stable. However, the liquidity and trading activity of bonds issued by banks have improved. We observe short-lived episodes of deterioration in liquidity and trading activity. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Research Topic(s): Financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G1, G12, G14
February 1, 2012 Development of the Canadian Corporate Debt Market: Some Stylized Facts and Issues Financial System Review - December 2003 Stacey Anderson, Ron Parker, Andrew Spence Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
October 16, 2024 Annual reporting of retail payment activity metrics This supervisory policy outlines the retail payment activity metrics that payment service providers must report as part of the annual reporting form. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Reporting, Supervision
October 16, 2024 Reporting of retail payment activity metrics at registration This supervisory policy outlines the retail payment activity metrics that payment service providers must report at registration. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Registration, Reporting
IMPACT: The Bank of Canada’s International Model for Projecting Activity Technical Report No. 116 Patrick Blagrave, Claudia Godbout, Justin-Damien Guénette, René Lalonde, Nikita Perevalov We present the structure and features of the International Model for Projecting Activity (IMPACT), a global semi-structural model used to conduct projections and policy analysis at the Bank of Canada. Major blocks of the model are developed based on the rational error correction framework of Kozicki and Tinsley (1999), which allows the model to strike a balance between theoretical structure and empirical performance. Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Econometric and statistical methods, Economic models, International topics JEL Code(s): C, C6, C68, E, E2, E27, E3, E37, F, F0, F01, F3, F32, F4, F47
April 7, 2025 Business Outlook Survey—First Quarter of 2025 Business conditions have deteriorated due to the trade conflict with the United States, according to results from the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse. Sales outlooks have softened, particularly for exporters. Firms reported having sufficient capacity, and many are delaying investment and hiring decisions amid uncertainty. Firms expect that widespread tariffs would raise costs and lead to higher selling prices. In this context, expectations for inflation are higher than they were last quarter. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
December 23, 2004 Portrait of the Canadian Hedge Fund Industry Financial System Review - December 2004 Miville Tremblay Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
December 12, 2024 Safeguarding end-user funds This supervisory guideline is intended to help payment service providers subject to the Retail Payment Activities Act meet their obligations related to safeguarding end-user funds. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory guidelines Research Topic(s): Supervision