May 26, 2016 Banking and Financial Statistics - May 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
What Are the Macroeconomic Effects of High-Frequency Uncertainty Shocks Staff working paper 2016-25 Laurent Ferrara, Pierre Guérin This paper evaluates the effects of high-frequency uncertainty shocks on a set of low-frequency macroeconomic variables that are representative of the U.S. economy. Rather than estimating models at the same common low-frequency, we use recently developed econometric models, which allows us to deal with data of different sampling frequencies. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): C, C3, C32, E, E3, E32, E4, E44 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods, Economic models, Monetary policy, Inflation dynamics and pressures, Real economy and forecasting
May 26, 2016 Bank of Canada announces appointment of Advisor in New York Office Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced the appointment of Sheryl King as Advisor to the Governor, effective 5 July 2016. Ms. King will represent the Bank in its New York Office. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
May 25, 2016 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
May 20, 2016 Weekly Financial Statistics - 20 May 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
May 18, 2016 The Governor's Challenge: Student resources Find information on our key publications and other resources for understanding Canada's monetary policy framework. Learn about possible economic data sources you can use and view last year's winning presentation.
May 18, 2016 The Governor's Challenge: Participant guidelines Details on how the challenge is run, expectations for presentations, judging criteria and rules.