December 19, 2025 The Globe and Mail Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada. Interview with The Globe and Mail. Content Type(s): Press, Media activities
Portfolio Rebalancing Channel and the Effects of Large-Scale Stock and Bond Purchases Staff working paper 2025-38 Sami Alpanda, Serdar Kabaca We quantify the effects of large-scale stock purchases by a central bank and compare these to bond purchases. We find that the central bank’s equity purchases would lower the risk and term premiums on stocks and long-term bonds, respectively, and thereby stimulate economic activity. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, E4, E44, E5, E52 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Economic models, Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework and transmission, Real economy and forecasting
December 19, 2025 Currency We design, issue and distribute Canada’s bank notes. We work to ensure that Canadians have access to secure, reliable and high-quality bank notes.
December 19, 2025 Case scenarios about marketplaces The following fictional case scenarios illustrate the Bank’s approach to online marketplaces, and show examples of payment functions that are, and are not, incidental to a marketplace . These include the provision and maintenance of an account; the holding of funds on behalf of an end user; the initiation of an electronic funds transfer (EFT); authorization of an EFT and the transmission, facilitation or reception of an instruction in relation to an EFT; and the provision of clearing or settlement services. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Case scenarios Subject(s): Retail payments supervision, Holding funds, Registration
The Sectoral Origins of Post-Pandemic Inflation Staff working paper 2025-37 Jan David Schneider This paper quantifies the contribution of sector-specific supply and demand shocks to personal consumption expenditure (PCE) inflation. It derives identification restrictions that are consistent with a large class of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with production networks. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): C, C5, C50, E, E3, E31, E32 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods, Monetary policy, Inflation dynamics and pressures
December 19, 2025 Notes on the financial stability indicators Take an in-depth look at the indicators related to financial stability.
December 19, 2025 Financial stability indicators Get quarterly data for the indicators we use to track the evolution of the financial stability of the Canadian economy.
December 19, 2025 Supervisory policy for online marketplaces This supervisory policy sets out the Bank’s approach to online marketplaces and explains when their activities fall within the scope of the Retail Payment Activities Act. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Subject(s): Retail payments supervision, Holding funds, Registration
Inflation Expectations in Action: Exploring Agents’ Behaviour in a Period of High Inflation Staff discussion paper 2025-18 Naveen Rai, Hayley Touchburn, Matt West Inflation expectations are important to monetary policy decision-makers. Using survey evidence, we examine how firms and consumers react to their inflation expectations during the post-pandemic period of high inflation. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers JEL Code(s): C, C8, C83, D, D8, D84, E, E3, E31 Research Theme(s): Monetary policy, Inflation dynamics and pressures