May 15, 2023 Financial System Survey highlights—2023 This article presents the key results from the 2023 Bank of Canada Financial System Survey, conducted between February 21 and March 10. The survey included a special section on margining practices for non-centrally cleared derivatives. Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Survey
April 18, 2018 Monetary Policy Report – April 2018 The Bank’s new forecast calls for economic growth of 2.0 percent this year, 2.1 per cent in 2019 and 1.8 per cent in 2020. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
What Explains the Recent Increase in Canadian Corporate Bond Spreads Staff Analytical Note 2017-2 Maxime Leboeuf, James Pinnington The spread between the yield of a corporate bond and the yield of a similar Government of Canada bond reflects compensation for possible default by the issuing firm and compensation for additional risks beyond default. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Research Topic(s): Financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G1, G12
October 16, 2024 Incident notification This supervisory guideline explains the incident reporting requirements applicable to payment service providers subject to the Retail Payment Activities Act and provides clarity on how the Bank expects payment service providers to comply with them. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory guidelines Research Topic(s): Reporting, Supervision
June 14, 2012 An Improved Framework for Assessing the Risks Arising from Elevated Household Debt Financial System Review - June 2012 Umar Faruqui, Xuezhi Liu, Tom Roberts Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
October 21, 2015 Monetary Policy Report – October 2015 Canada’s economy is expected to grow by 1.1 per cent this year before accelerating to 2.0 per cent in 2016 and 2.5 per cent in 2017. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
July 13, 2016 Monetary Policy Report – July 2016 Canadian economic growth is projected to accelerate from 1.3 per cent this year to 2.2 per cent in 2017. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
July 15, 2015 Monetary Policy Report – July 2015 Economic growth in Canada is projected to average just over 1 per cent in 2015 and about 2 1/2 per cent in 2016 and 2017. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
October 16, 2017 Business Outlook Survey - Autumn 2017 Results from the autumn Business Outlook Survey point to continued positive business sentiment across the country, with business activity becoming entrenched. Firms’ prospects remain healthy, although several survey indicators have moderated from the strong summer results. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
Small and smaller: How the economic outlook of small firms relates to size Staff Analytical Note 2021-14 Chris D'Souza, James Fudurich, Farrukh Suvankulov Firms with fewer than 100 workers employ about 65 percent of the total labour force in Canada. An online survey experiment was conducted with firms of this size in Canada in 2018–19. We compare the responses of small and micro firms to explore how their characteristics and economic outlooks relate to their size. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Firm dynamics JEL Code(s): C, C8, C83, D, D2, D22, E, E3, E32