May 9, 2024 Release: Financial System Survey 10:00 (ET) The Bank of Canada conducts the Financial System Survey to solicit the opinions of senior experts in risk management. These experts provide their views on the risks to, and resilience of, the Canadian financial system as well as on new developments they are monitoring. Content Type(s): Upcoming events
May 9, 2024 Publication: Financial System Review 10:00 (ET) The Financial System Review summarizes the Governing Council’s judgment on the main vulnerabilities and risks to the stability of the Canadian financial system and highlights the efforts of the Bank and other Canadian and international regulatory authorities to mitigate those risks. Content Type(s): Upcoming events
April 24, 2024 Publication: Summary of Deliberations 13:30 (ET)Bank of Canada Content Type(s): Upcoming events
April 22, 2024 Release: Market Participants Survey 10:30 (ET)The Market Participants Survey is conducted quarterly. Bank of Canada staff reach out to a diverse set of participants in financial markets to gather their views on key macroeconomic and financial variables as well as on monetary policy. Content Type(s): Upcoming events
April 16, 2024 Fireside Chat: Tiff Macklem, Governor 13:15 (ET)Wilson CenterWashington DCEconomic trends in North America Content Type(s): Upcoming events
April 16, 2024 Fireside Chat with Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, will speak at the Wilson Center’s Washington Forum on the Canadian Economy on the sidelines of the IMF-WB spring meetings. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
April 15, 2024 CARR to begin publishing data on the transition of CDOR based loans to CORRA To facilitate the monitoring of the transition away from CDOR based loans to CORRA and Term CORRA, CARR will publish a monthly report on the aggregated outstanding amount of CDOR loans that have not transitioned to other benchmarks, as well as the volume of new loans, including any transitioned loans, referencing CORRA and/or Term CORRA. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
Unintended Consequences of the Home Affordable Refinance Program Staff Working Paper 2024-11 Phoebe Tian, Chen Zheng We investigate the unintended consequences of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). Originally designed to help borrowers refinance after the 2008–09 global financial crisis, HARP inadvertently strengthened the market power of incumbent lenders by creating a cost advantage for them. Despite a 2013 policy rectifying this cost advantage, we still find significant welfare losses for borrowers. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions JEL Code(s): G, G2, G21, G5, G51, L, L5, L51
April 10, 2024 Bank of Canada Media Interview – The Globe and Mail Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, gave an interview to Mark Rendell of The Globe and Mail. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories