Financial System Review
A detailed review of developments in the financial system and an analysis of policy directions in the financial sector. Published twice a year.
The Reports section of the Financial System Review examines selected issues of relevance to the Canadian and global financial systems. The June 2016 issue features two reports written by Bank of Canada staff. The first examines the role played by a particular type of investor—large public pension funds—in the financial system, and the second describes how the market for securities-financing transactions helps support bond market liquidity in Canada.
The Reports section of the Financial System Review examines selected issues of relevance to the Canadian and global financial systems. The June 2015 issue features two reports summarizing recent work by Bank of Canada staff on specific financial sector policies.
In this issue of the Financial System Review, the Governing Council judges that the risks to the stability of Canada’s financial system remain high, as in December. The sources of the key risks are broadly the same as those highlighted at that time and emanate primarily from the external environment.
Errata: The colour labels for Chart 11 in the June 2012 issue and for Chart 12 in the December 2011 isssue were defined incorrectly. See revised charts.
In this issue of the Financial System Review, the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council judges that the risks to the stability of Canada’s financial system are high and have increased markedly over the past six months, owing primarily to an escalation of the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area and a weaker global economic outlook.
Erratum: The data for Chart 7 on page 8 were plotted incorrectly. See revised chart.