Using data from the US, UK, Japan and Canada, this paper provides evidence on the benefits to an economy from …

This paper documents the extent of financial linkages between Canada and the United States and explores the impact of … changes in U.S. financial conditions on financial conditions and real economic activity in Canada. It shows that close to a … autoregressions establishes that a tightening in U.S. financial conditions has significant implications for real activity in Canada …

-prime mortgage financing is in its infancy in Canada, and further development of that sector (while avoiding the excesses that beset …

educational attainment would raise Canada's overall labor productivity growth by 0.2 to 0.3 percentage point a year. This suggests …

This study investigates the impact of the current financial crisis on Canada''s potential GDP growth. Using a simple …-term unemployment rate (which would raise equilibrium unemployment rates). However, over the medium term, we expect Canada''s potential …