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How to Improve Inflation Forecasting in Canada

Author/Editor: Troy D Matheson.

Release Date:September, 2019

Against the backdrop of an ongoing review of the inflation-targeting framework, this paper examines the real-time inflation forecasts of the Bank of Canada with the aim of identifying potential areas more...



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NAFTA to USMCA: What is Gained?

Author/Editor: Mary E Burfisher, Frederic Lambert, Troy D Matheson.

Release Date:March, 2019

The United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed on November 30, 2018 and aims to replace and modernize the North-American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This paper uses a global, more...



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Balancing Financial Stability and Housing Affordability: The Case of Canada

Author/Editor: Troy D Matheson.

Release Date:November, 2018

Housing market imbalances are a key source of systemic risk and can adversely affect housing affordability. This paper utilizes a stylized model of the Canadian economy that includes policymakers more...



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Investment in Brazil: From Crisis to Recovery

Author/Editor: Ivo Krznar, Troy D Matheson.

Release Date:January, 2018

While Brazil’s deep recession has been broad based, it has been marked by a particularly large fall in investment. Real investment fell by around 30 percent between the beginning of more...



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Towards Macroprudential Stress Testing : Incorporating Macro-Feedback Effects

Author/Editor: Ivo Krznar, Troy D Matheson.

Release Date:June, 2017

Macro-feedback effects have been identified as a key missing element for more effective macro-prudential stress testing. To fill this gap, this paper develops a framework that facilitates the more...



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Consumption in Brazil : Where to Next?

Author/Editor: Troy D Matheson, Carlos Góes.

Release Date:March, 2017

Private consumption has been a key driver of growth in Brazil for more than a decade. Over this time, Brazilian consumers have benefited from a favorable policy environment, a rapid phase more...



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Financial and Business Cycles in Brazil

Author/Editor: Ivo Krznar, Troy D Matheson.

Release Date:January, 2017

This paper explores the nexus between the financial cycle and business cycle in Brazil. Cycles are estimated using a variety of commonly-used statistical methods and with a small, more...



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Highways to Heaven : Infrastructure Determinants and Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author/Editor: Valerie Cerra, Alfredo Cuevas, Carlos Góes, Izabela Karpowicz, Troy D Matheson, Issouf Samaké, Svetlana Vtyurina.

Release Date:September, 2016

Inadequate infrastructure has been widely viewed as a principal barrier to growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure in more...



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Fiscal Multipliers for Brazil

Author/Editor: Troy Matheson, Joana Pereira.

Release Date:March, 2016

We find historical fiscal multipliers for Brazil around 0.5, larger than what existing literature typically identifies for the average emerging market. However, spending and public credit multipliers more...



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Domestic Market Integration and the Law of One Price in Brazil

Author/Editor: Carlos Góes, Troy Matheson.

Release Date:September, 2015

This paper presents the first assessment domestic market integration in Brazil using the law of one price. The law of one price is tested using two panel unit root methodologies and a unique data set more...



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