Fooled by Search: Housing Prices, Turnover and Bubbles Staff Working Paper 2012-3 Brian Peterson his paper develops and estimates a model to explain the behaviour of house prices in the United States. The main finding is that over 70% of the increase in house prices relative to trend during the increase of house prices in the United States from 1995 to 2006 can be explained by a pricing mechanism where market participants are ‘Fooled by Search.’ Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Asset pricing, Business fluctuations and cycles JEL Code(s): E, E3, R, R2, R21
February 7, 2012 Raising the House of Reform Remarks Tiff Macklem Rotman Institute for International Business Toronto, Ontario Senior Deputy Governor Tiff Macklem discusses the importance of pressing ahead with financial reforms despite the weak global recovery. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
February 3, 2012 Weekly Financial Statistics - 3 February 2012 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
A Foreign Activity Measure for Predicting Canadian Exports Staff Discussion Paper 2012-1 Louis Morel The author constructs a measure of foreign activity that takes into account the composition of foreign demand for Canadian exports. It has a number of interesting features. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Exchange rates, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): E, E0, E00, F, F1, F17
February 2, 2012 Understanding Intraday Payment Flows in the Large Value Transfer System Financial System Review - December 2002 Lindsay Cheung Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
February 2, 2012 The Financial Services Sector: An Update on Recent Developments Financial System Review - December 2002 Charles Freedman, Clyde Goodlet Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
February 2, 2012 Banking Crises and Contagion: Empirical Evidence Financial System Review - December 2002 Eric Santor Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
February 1, 2012 Development of the Canadian Corporate Debt Market: Some Stylized Facts and Issues Financial System Review - December 2003 Stacey Anderson, Ron Parker, Andrew Spence Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
February 1, 2012 Measuring Financial Stress Financial System Review - December 2003 Mark Illing, Ying Liu Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
February 1, 2012 Restoring Investor Confidence: Background on Recent Developments in Canada Financial System Review - December 2003 Jim Armstrong Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles