A Review of the Bank of Canada’s Support of Key Financial Markets During the COVID-19 Crisis Staff discussion paper 2023-9 Joshua Fernandes, Michael Mueller The COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented strain on the global financial system. We describe how the Bank of Canada responded to the rapidly deteriorating liquidity in core Canadian fixed-income markets. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers JEL Code(s): E, E4, E44, E5, E58, G, G0, G01 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market functioning, Financial system, Financial stability and systemic risk, Monetary policy, Monetary policy tools and implementation
April 26, 2023 Summary of Governing Council deliberations: Fixed announcement date of April 12, 2023 This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on April 12, 2023. Content Type(s): Publications, Summary of deliberations
April 25, 2023 Canadian derivatives market hits milestone in transition from CDOR to CORRA For two consecutive weeks, the majority of maturity-weighted notional volume in cleared Canadian dollar interest rate derivatives has been priced using CORRA instead of CDOR. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
April 24, 2023 Annual Report 2022 The Annual Report outlines the Bank’s activities and achievements in 2022. It includes the financial statements and a message from Governor Tiff Macklem. Content Type(s): Publications, Annual Report
April 24, 2023 Bank of Canada Disclosure of Climate-Related Risks 2022 This report lays out elements of the Bank’s strategy related to climate change and details how the issue will be managed holistically across the organization, following the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. Content Type(s): Publications, Disclosure of Climate-Related Risks
Pricing Indefinitely Lived Assets: Experimental Evidence Staff working paper 2023-25 John Duffy, Janet Hua Jiang, Huan Xie We study the trading of an asset with bankruptcy risk. The traded price of the asset is, on average, 40% of the expected total dividend payments. We investigate which economic models can explain the low traded price. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): C, C9, C91, C92, D, D8, D81, G, G1, G12 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market functioning, Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods
April 24, 2023 The Bank of Canada releases its Annual Report for 2022 Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report for 2022 was tabled in the House of Commons today. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases