Canada
Canadian deputy resigns
Sheryl Kennedy, a deputy governor at the Bank of Canada, is to leave the central bank next week.
Non-bank retail payments schemes in Canada
A new paper from the Bank of Canada provides an overview of the different kinds of non-bank retail payments schemes available in Canada.
Bank of Canada - Autumn Review
The Autumn issue of the Bank of Canada Review examines how structural factors and developments affect the economic performance of an advanced economy such as Canada.
Bank of Canada restructures to enhance stability
The Bank of Canada on Monday reorganised its senior management structure to better safeguard stability and improve its research capability.
Processing speed key to bank liquidity
Payments processing speed is a significant factor in explaining the liquidity holdings of banks throughout the day, finds a new paper by the Bank of Canada.
Canada cuts rates further
Canada's central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point on Tuesday, saying the country's economy needs the stimulus to ward off the effects of a recession in the United States.
Price-level targeting brings gains
Adopting an optimal price-level target instead of an optimal inflation-targeting regime can bring additional welfare gains, a new paper from the Bank of Canada finds.
Canada, Japan outline responses to G7 plan
Canada and Japan, the industrialised countries least affected by the current turmoil, on Tuesday announced their responses to the G7 plan.
Global central banks cut as system teeters
Six central banks have taken the unprecedented step of cutting rates by half a point in unison in an attempt to avert a global financial-market meltdown.
Loan surveys predict well future investment
The Bank of Canada's senior loan officer survey results provide useful information about future investment and the availability of business credit, finds a new research paper from the central bank.
High commodity prices and the Canadian dollar
A new paper from the Bank of Canada examines the impact of the recent surge in energy and non-energy commodity prices on the loonie.
China's impact on global inflation
Research from the Bank of Canada examines the effect of China on the inflation rate in other countries.
Why large firms pay more
A new paper from the Bank of Canada analyses wage differentials between small and large firms.
SWFs good for global stability
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) can play a role in stabilising international markets, a new study from the Bank of Canada finds.
Central banks act as busts prompt panic
Central banks pledged to inject an additional $330 billion in dollar funds on Monday after interbank markets froze following a wave of bank failures.
Paulson plan is critical: Canada's Carney
Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of Canada, has warned that the plan put forward by the US treasury secretary Hank Paulson to buy up to $700 billion in distressed assets is "critically important".
Canada's Murray on domestic credit markets
Strains in Canadian credit markets have been considerably less intense than those seen in the United States and elsewhere, said John Murray, a deputy governor of the Bank of Canada.
We saw crunch looming, says Canada's Dodge
David Dodge, a former governor of the Bank of Canada, has said that central bankers knew that "ridiculous" mortgage-backed securities would precipitate a credit crunch.
Canada holds, says policy appropriately loose
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday kept its key rate at 3% for the second straight vote, deeming rates "appropriately accommodative" given the risks to growth.
Canadian deputy sees lower inflation and growth
David Longworth, the deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, said Canadian inflation looks to be slower than projected in July.
Gold standard and price-level targeting
A new paper from the Bank of Canada compares the gold standard and with price-level targeting regime.
Emerging market policy cited for smaller spreads
Better macroeconomic policies are behind the low spreads on emerging markets' sovereign debt, a new paper published by the Bank of Canada finds.
Bank of Canada Review - summer 2008 edition
The Bank of Canada has published the spring edition of its Economic Review.
Real exchange rates and monetary policy
Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England pay close attention to real exchange-rate movements, while the Reserve Bank of New Zealand does not, new research from the Bank of Canada finds.