Monetary Policy & Banking

— Dec 5, 2023
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The Next Generation: Innovating to Improve Indigenous Access to Finance in Canada

The Next Generation: Innovating to Improve Indigenous Access to Finance in Canada is a new study that finds a well-functioning Indigenous financial system is essential to promoting investment and economic development and raising living standards in Indigenous communities.

— Aug 18, 2023
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Let the Sun Shine In! Policy Transparency Improves Economic Outcomes

Let The Sun Shine In: Policy Transparency Improves Economic Outcomes is a new study analyzing the increased transparency at central banks and the enhanced effectiveness of monetary policy over the past half-century, and highlights useful lessons for fiscal policymakers regarding government spending and public debt.

— Apr 25, 2023
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Central Bank Forays Into Unconventional Monetary Policies: Explanation, Assessment, and Implications

Central Bank Forays into Unconventional Monetary Policies: Explanation, Assessment, and Implications is a new essay that documents the era of unconventional monetary policies—including Quantitative Easing and Forward Guidance—at both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada, and assesses the effectiveness of these policies with respect to their contribution to macroeconomic stability.

— Apr 6, 2023
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Canada’s Fiscal Policy Has Undermined Efforts to Tackle Inflation

Canada’s Fiscal Policy Has Undermined Efforts to Tackle Inflation finds that the federal government’s decision to increase already high levels of spending and continued budget deficits will hinder the Bank of Canada’s efforts to tame inflation.

— Apr 28, 2022
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The Ebb and Flow of Bank of Canada Independence

The Ebb and Flow of Bank of Canada Independence is a new study that finds for an optimal relationship between the Bank of Canada and the federal government to exist, the bank must make the costs and consequences of inflation clear to the public while the government must ensure the bank operates under their agreement that inflation targeting has in fact served Canadians well.

— Apr 14, 2022
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A Primer on Inflation

A Primer on Inflation argues that while Canada experiences its highest inflation rate in decades, the causes, consequences—and crucially, the beneficiaries—of inflation remain largely unknown to many Canadians.

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