Bank of Canada (BoC)
Canada’s Carney: recovery to weaken
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney forecasts subdued growth as economy enters next phase of recovery
Bank of Canada: capital requirements dampen shocks
Bank of Canada study creates micro-model banking sector where capital requirements dampen real impacts of financial shocks
Bank of Canada downgrades medium term growth forecast
Bank of Canada’s October Monetary Policy Report revises growth forecasts on weaker global outlook
BoC: Business Outlook Survey
Bank of Canada Business Outlook Survey shows domestic firms’ growth outlook remains muted
Bank of Canada: central banks prefer higher haircuts
Bank of Canada study shows haircuts on collateralised assets is greater when central banks cannot lend exclusively to illiquid institutions
Pay attention to monetary aggregates: Canada’s Macklem
Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Tiff Macklem says interest rate transmission blockages make money, credit data key in crisis; adds voice to growing chorus of central bankers
Money market rate best policy target: BIS research
Bank for International Settlements research finds lower macroeconomic volatility where central banks use money market rather than repo rate as policy target
Contingent capital will keep markets on their toes: Canada’s Carney
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says a broad bail-in approach presents a promising means to rein in moral hazard; says Basel III will benefit competition
Canada’s Carney pushes for change in global monetary order
Bank of Canada governor warns international monetary system “an increasingly unstable hybrid of fixed and floating regimes”; cites role of G20 as premier forum for economic cooperation
Rate round-up: Canada, Peru hike as Sarb cuts
Canada hikes rates while South Africa cuts on rising rand; continued uncertainty in global economy prompts Korea, Japan and Australia to keep rates steady
FX market going global: BIS
Bank for International Settlements’ triennial survey of foreign exchange markets shows decline in prevalence of local transactions, dollar and sterling
Canada's Murray: 2% inflation target not necessarily optimal
Bank of Canada deputy John Murray says inflation targets could be even lower than 2%
Bank of Canada on inflation expectations
Bank of Canada Review features articles on targeting inflation expectations, rate pledges and using monetary policy to tackle imbalances
BoC: contingent capital must supplement counter-cyclical capital buffers
Bank of Canada study says contingent capital more effective in providing liquidity to banks in a crisis
Impact of pledge to keep rates on hold unclear: Bank of Canada
Canadian central bank research says conditional commitment to keep rates low has had mixed effect; study shows pledge lowered interest rates on government bonds, but findings not statistically strong
Canada throws weight behind Basel III, lauding output gains
Bank of Canada says forthcoming capital and liquidity ratios will save the country nearly C$200 billion; stresses that Canada must not rest on laurels, not having experienced banking crisis
Bank of Canada: firms don’t smooth inventories
Bank of Canada study shows high costs attached to inventories deters firms from smoothing inventory ahead of countercyclical swings
Canada’s Carney explains rate hike
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says decision to hike rates was due to unexpected improvement in private demand
Bank of Canada: Chinese shocks have global bearing
Bank of Canada study shows China’s monetary policy is less effective at weathering shocks and country must be incorporated in global models
EXCLUSIVE: Pick and choose from social media tools: BIS’s Laurmaa
Bank for International Settlements’ head of web publishing Timo Laurmaa says Twitter more beneficial to profit-making companies; short releases help when reaching out to wider-than-usual audience
Canada names Goldman banker as governor’s adviser
Goldman Sachs’ Canadian chief executive officer appointed special adviser to the governor
Canada’s Carney named CGFS chair
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney to step into Federal Reserve vice-chairman Donald Kohn’s shoes and head Basel-based Committee on the Global Financial System; follows Kohn’s retirement
Agathe Côté named new Bank of Canada deputy
Bank of Canada adviser Agathe Côté named as replacement to Duguay after deputy governor retires
Eurozone crisis threatens Canadian financial stability
Bank of Canada links deterioration of risks surrounding global imbalances and the growth outlook to single currency zone’s sovereign debt crisis