Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies
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Disentangling the Factors Driving Housing Resales
We use a recently developed model and loan-level microdata to decompose movements in housing resales since 2015. We find that fundamental factors, namely housing affordability and full-time employment, have had offsetting effects on resales over our study period. -
Could Canadian Bond Funds Add Stress to the Financial System?
We create a hypothetical scenario to study the role bond funds play in intensifying shocks to the financial system. Using data from 2018 and 2007, we find that bond funds play a larger role now than they did in the past. -
Bond Funds and Fixed-Income Market Liquidity: A Stress-Testing Approach
This report provides a detailed technical description of a stress test model for investment funds called Ceto.