Changes in Monetary Regimes and the Identification of Monetary Policy Shocks: Narrative Evidence from Canada Staff Working Paper 2017-39 Julien Champagne, Rodrigo Sekkel We use narrative evidence along with a novel database of real-time data and forecasts from the Bank of Canada's staff economic projections from 1974 to 2015 to construct a new measure of monetary policy shocks and estimate the effects of monetary policy in Canada. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Central bank research, Econometric and statistical methods, Exchange rate regimes, Inflation and prices, Inflation targets, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, E32, E4, E43, E5, E52, E58
September 25, 2017 Bank of Canada assets and liabilities: Month-end (formerly B1) Month-end statement of assets and liabilities as required by the Bank of Canada Act. The figures for the last two reference periods are preliminary and are subject to revision.
September 25, 2017 Government of Canada direct securities and loans: Distribution of holdings (formerly G4) Distribution of Government of Canada direct securities and loans among the Bank of Canada, Government of Canada and the general public as at weekly Wednesday and at month-end.
September 25, 2017 Bank of Canada assets and liabilities: Weekly (formerly B2) Weekly Wednesday statement of assets and liabilities as required by the Bank of Canada Act. The figures for the last reference period are preliminary and are subject to revision.
September 25, 2017 Government of Canada Canadian dollar deposits (formerly in the WFS) Weekly Wednesday data on the total government deposit balance held at the Bank of Canada and with other market auction participants.
September 25, 2017 Historical positions of members of Payments Canada with the Bank of Canada (formerly B3) Inactive: Starting June 13, 2022, the Bank of Canada no longer updates this table.
September 22, 2017 Weekly Financial Statistics - 22 September 2017 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
September 21, 2017 Debt Management Strategy Consultations – 2018-19 The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking views of Government Securities Distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on issues related to the design and operation of the Government of Canada’s domestic debt program for 2018-19 and beyond. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
September 21, 2017 4th Bank of Canada-Bank of Spain Workshop on International Financial Markets Workshop held on September 21, 2017. Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops
A Counterfactual Valuation of the Stock Index as a Predictor of Crashes Staff Working Paper 2017-38 Tom Roberts Stock market fundamentals would not seem to meaningfully predict returns over a shorter-term horizon—instead, I shift focus to severe downside risk (i.e., crashes). Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Asset pricing, Financial stability JEL Code(s): G, G0, G01, G1, G12, G17, G19