October 2, 2020 CORRA Advisory Group CAG was established by the Bank of Canada to review and advise on repo market functioning and CORRA methodology.
October 1, 2020 Background information on foreign exchange rates Learn about the publication of, and calculation methodology for, the foreign exchange (FX) rate data on the Bank of Canada’s website.
October 1, 2020 Background information on foreign exchange rates Learn about the publication of, and calculation methodology for, the foreign exchange (FX) rate data on the Bank of Canada’s website. Content Type(s): Background materials
September 30, 2020 Interim RPAC Meeting (September 30, 2020) Topic: Significant changes and incidents Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Retail Payments Advisory Committee
September 30, 2020 Research Update - September 2020 This monthly newsletter features the latest research publications by Bank of Canada economists including external publications and working papers published on the Bank of Canada’s website. Content Type(s): Staff research, Research newsletters
Interbank Asset-Liability Networks with Fire Sale Management Staff working paper 2020-41 Zachary Feinstein, Grzegorz Halaj Raising liquidity when funding is stressed creates pressure on the financial market. Liquidating large quantities of assets depresses their prices and may amplify funding shocks. How do banks weathering a funding crisis contribute to contagion risk? Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): C, C6, C62, C63, C7, C72, G, G0, G01, G1, G11 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market functioning, Financial system, Financial institutions and intermediation, Financial stability and systemic risk
Forward Guidance and Expectation Formation: A Narrative Approach Staff working paper 2020-40 Christopher S. Sutherland How exactly does forward guidance influence interest rate expectations? Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): D, D8, D83, D84, E, E3, E37, E5, E52, E58 Research Theme(s): Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework and transmission, Monetary policy tools and implementation
September 23, 2020 Conference on Diversity and Inclusion in Economics, Finance, and Central Banking Jointly sponsored by the Bank of Canada, Bank of England, European Central Bank and Federal Reserve Board, the conference was held on September 23 and 24, 2020 at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops
The New Benchmark for Forecasts of the Real Price of Crude Oil Staff working paper 2020-39 Amor Aniss Benmoussa, Reinhard Ellwanger, Stephen Snudden How can we assess the quality of a forecast? We propose a new benchmark to evaluate forecasts of temporally aggregated series and show that the real price of oil is more difficult to predict than we thought. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): C, C1, C5, C53, Q, Q4, Q47 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods, Monetary policy, Real economy and forecasting