Le present rapport presente une comparaison de la valeur nette des menages par habitant au Canada et aux Etats Unis de 1970 a 2012, basee sur des donnees provenant des comptes du bilan national du Canada et des mouvements de fonds (Flow of Funds Accounts) publies par la Reserve federale...

This report compares household net worth per capita in Canada and the United States from 1970 to 2012, using data from the Canadian National Balance Sheet Accounts and the Flow of Funds Accounts published by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Three approaches are adopted. The first makes a level...

This paper examines whether or not the long-term government bond rate could reasonably be employed as the rate of return on public capital when calculating public sector gross domestic product. It finds that the rate of return on public capital is lower than often reported and is roughly...

This paper examines the effect of aberrant observations in the Capital, Labour, Energy, Materials and Services (KLEMS) database and a method for dealing with them. The level of disaggregation, data construction and economic shocks all potentially lead to aberrant observations that can influence...

Dans ce document, on procede a un examen empirique de la facon dont a evolue l'economie canadienne suite a la montee des prix des produits de base et a la valorisation du dollar canadien amorcees en 2003. Le reamenagement de l'industrie manufacturiere a merite une attention considerable, car...

Le present document souligne l'importante baisse progressive du passif financier net du Canada a l'endroit des non-residents observee au cours des 15 dernieres annees. Il comprend des totalisations portant sur les changements dans le bilan des investissements internationaux du Canada et les flux...

This paper highlights the large progressive decline in Canada's net financial liabilities to non-residents that has occurred over the last fifteen years. It reports tabulations on changes in Canada's international investment position and the associated cross-border income flows, and evaluates...