Monetary policy
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August 25, 2018
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Central Banking
Governor Poloz talks about the economic benefits expected from disruptive digital technologies and the implications for monetary policy. -
Time-Consistent Management of a Liquidity Trap with Government Debt
This paper studies optimal discretionary monetary and fiscal policy when the lower bound on nominal interest rates is occasionally binding in a model with nominal rigidities and long-term government debt. At the lower bound it is optimal for the government to temporarily reduce debt. -
The Extensive Margin of Trade and Monetary Policy
This paper studies the effects of monetary policy shocks on firms’ participation in exporting. We develop a two-country dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model in which heterogeneous firms make forward-looking decisions on whether to participate in the export market and prices are staggered across firms and time. -
Central Bank Digital Currency and Monetary Policy
Many central banks are contemplating whether to issue central bank digital currency. This piece explores the implications as well as potential motivators of such a step. -
Following the Money: Evidence for the Portfolio Balance Channel of Quantitative Easing
Recent research suggests that quantitative easing (QE) may affect a broad range of asset prices through a portfolio balance channel. Using novel security-level holding data of individual US mutual funds, we establish evidence that portfolio rebalancing occurred both within and across funds. -
The Neutral Rate in Canada: 2018 Estimates
The neutral nominal policy rate serves as a benchmark for assessing the degree of monetary stimulus and provides a medium- to long-run anchor for the policy rate. Since quantitative measures of the neutral rate are subject to considerable uncertainty, Bank staff rely on four different approaches to estimate the Canadian neutral rate. -
June 27, 2018
Let Me Be Clear: From Transparency to Trust and Understanding
Governor Poloz talks about how the Bank is improving communications with the public and helping financial markets understand its monetary policy approach. -
May 31, 2018
A Progress Report on the Economy
Deputy Governor Sylvain Leduc discusses the issues that led Governing Council to hold the policy interest rate at 1.25 per cent in their May 30 decision. -
May 16, 2018
The (Mostly) Long and Short of Potential Output
Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri discusses the importance of potential output to monetary policy, as well as policy challenges and opportunities in a world of low potential output growth.