March 16, 2009 Results of the 16 March 2009 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 13, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA for Private Sector Instruments Operation In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions for private sector instruments announced on 6 March, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a 27-day term PRA operation for private sector instruments as follows. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 13, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Substitution Dates for its Term PRA Facilities The following substitution dates are available for the Bank of Canada's Regular Term PRA and Term PRA for Private Sector Instruments. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 13, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Loan Facility Operation In accordance with the schedule of Term Loan Facility (TLF) auctions announced on 6 March, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a 28-day TLF operation as follows. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 13, 2009 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Operation In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 6 March, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a 27-day term PRA operation as follows. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 12, 2009 Financial System Policy Responses to the Crisis Remarks David Longworth Financial Markets Association of Canada Toronto, Ontario With your professional interests in foreign exchange, money markets, capital markets, and derivatives, I'm sure the past year and a half has been exciting and interesting – if those are the right words. We've been living through a period of astonishing financial turbulence, historic marketplace losses, and serious threats to financial stability. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
March 5, 2009 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Pierre Duguay House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario As we have consistently emphasized, stabilization of the global financial system is a precondition for economic recovery, both globally and in Canada. To that end, policy-makers around the globe have acted aggressively and creatively by initiating a series of unprecedented actions aimed at stabilizing the global financial system. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
Computing the Accuracy of Complex Non-Random Sampling Methods: The Case of the Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey Staff Working Paper 2009-10 Daniel de Munnik, David Dupuis, Mark Illing A number of central banks publish their own business conditions survey based on non-random sampling methods. The results of these surveys influence monetary policy decisions and thus affect expectations in financial markets. To date, however, no one has computed the statistical accuracy of these surveys because their respective non-random sampling method renders this assessment non-trivial. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Central bank research, Econometric and statistical methods, Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): C, C4, C8, C81, C9, C90
February 23, 2009 Knowledge is Power – Advancing Competitiveness in Changing Times Presentation Paul Jenkins Colleges Ontario conference Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
February 10, 2009 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Mark Carney House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario Let me state at the outset that the speed and synchronized nature of the recent global downturn has resulted in a heightened degree of uncertainty, which is evident in the diverse views on the outlook. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements