This paper provides new evidence of the effect of weekly U.S. and Canadian M1 surprises on Canadian asset prices (stocks, T-bills, exchange rates) during the years John Crow was Governor of the Bank of Canada. In particular, we demonstrate the sensitivity of the evidence to the choice of...

This paper utilizes a new data set, compiled by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Revenue Canada and Statistics Canada, to examine the unemployment experience of Canadian immigrant cohorts over the time period 1980 to 1988. Using the records of unemployment insurance benefits of persons who...

The paper functionally describes the income velocity of money by including the cost of a key substitute to money: exchange credit. Financial innovation causes the cost of credit to fall, the quantity of money demanded to fall, and the velocity to rise, all without shifting the money demand...