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Which regulatory agency has the primary responsibility for supervising the following categories of financial institutions?a. Chartered banksb. Trust and loan companiesc. Credit unions and caisses
Describe how the 2001 Bank Act Reform attempted to introduce more competiton in Canada’s financial services marketplace.
Why is it important for the Canadian government to have resolution authority?
Why are there consumer protection provisions in recent regulations designed to strengthen the financial system?
How can the 1980s Canadian banking crisis be blamed on the principal–agent problem?
What was the Canadian experience during the 2007–2009 financial crisis?
What similarities exist between experiences in the United States and in Ireland during the 2007–2009 financial crisis?
How did a decline in housing prices help trigger the subprime financial crisis in the United States starting in 2007?
Look up the M1+, M1++, M2, M2+, M2++, and M3 numbers in the Bank of Canada Banking and Financial Statistics for the most recent one-year period. Have their growth rates been similar? What
Which of the Bank of Canada’s measures of the monetary aggregates, M1+, M1++, M2, M2+, M2++, or M3, is composed of the most liquid assets? Which is the largest measure?
Use the fact that the expected value of an event is a probability weighted average, or the sum of each probable outcome multiplied by the probability of the event occurring.You wish to hire Ron to
Gustavo is a young doctor who lives in a country with a relatively inefficient legal and financial system. When Gustavo applied for a mortgage, he found that banks usually required collateral for up
Many policymakers in developing countries have proposed to implement systems of deposit insurance like the one that exists in Canada. Explain why this might create more problems than solutions in the
Explain how the separation of ownership and control in Canadian corporations might lead to poor management.
Do you think the lemons problem would be more severe for stocks traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange or those traded over the counter? Explain.
Go to the CANSIM data available in the Student Resources section of your MyEconLab website and download monthly data from January 1956 to December 2011 on the S&P TSX Composite Index (series
In the late 1990s, as information technology rapidly advanced and the Internet widely developed, stock markets soared, peaking in early 2001. Later that year, these markets began to unwind, and then
What are the two main sources of cash flows for a shareholder? How reliably can these cash flows be estimated? Compare the problem of estimating stock cash flows to estimating bond cash flows. Which
Go to the CANSIM data available in the Student Resources section of your MyEconLab website and download monthly data from January 1976 to December 2011 on the three-month T-bill rate (series V122531)
In 2010 and 2011, the government of Greece risked defaulting on its debt due to a severe budget crisis. Show, using bond market graphs, the effect on the risk premium between Canadian government debt
Suppose that the Bank of Canada made an announcement that it would purchase up to $300 billion of longerterm Canada securities over the following six months. What effect might this policy have on the
Suppose the interest rates on one-, five-, and 10-year Canada bonds are currently 3%, 6%, and 6%, respectively. Investor A chooses to hold only one-year bonds and Investor B is indifferent between
If the income tax exemption on U.S. municipal bonds were abolished, what would happen to the interest rates on these bonds? What effect would the change have on interest rates on U.S. Treasury
Predict what will happen to interest rates on a corporation’s bonds if the federal government guarantees today that it will pay creditors if the corporation goes bankrupt in the future. What will
The Canadian government offers some of its debt as Real Return Bonds, in which the price of bonds is adjusted for inflation over the life of the debt instrument. Real Return Bonds are traded on a
Why do Canadian Treasury bills have lower interest rates than large-denomination negotiable bank CDs?
Which should have the higher risk premium on its interest rates, a corporate bond with a Moody’s BBB rating or a corporate bond with a C rating? Why?
Go to the CANSIM data available in the Student Resources section of your MyEconLab website and download monthly data from 1962:1 to 2011:12 for the three-month T-bill rate (series V122531).a. What is
The demand curve and supply curve for one-year discount bonds with a face value of $1000 are represented by the following equations:Bd: Price = -0.6 Quantity + 1140Bs: Price = Quantity + 700Suppose
The demand curve and supply curve for one-year discount bonds with a face value of $1000 are represented by the following equations:Bd: Price = -0.6 Quantity + 1140Bs: Price = Quantity + 700a. What
An important way in which the Bank of Canada decreases the money supply is by selling bonds to the public. Using a supply and demand analysis for bonds, show what effect this action has on interest
M1 money growth in the United States was about 16% in 2008, 7% in 2009, and 9% in 2010. Over the same time period, the yield on three-month Treasury bills fell from almost 3% to close to 0%. Given
If the next governor of the Bank of Canada has a reputation for advocating an even slower rate of money growth than the current governor, what will happen to interest rates? Discuss the possible
The governor of the Bank of Canada announces in a press conference that he will fight the higher inflation rate with a new anti-inflation program. Predict what will happen to interest rates if the
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis that started to take hold in 2008, Canadian government budget deficits increased, yet interest rates on Canada bonds fell sharply, and stayed low for
Explain why you would be more or less willing to buy longterm Air Canada bonds under the following circumstances:a. Trading in these bonds increases, making them easier to sell.b. You expect a bear
Explain why you would be more or less willing to buy a house under the following circumstances:a. You just inherited $100 000.b. Real estate commissions fall from 6% of the sales price to 5% of the
Go to the CANSIM data available in the Student Resources section of your MyEconLab website and download monthly data (from November 1991 to December 2011) for the interest rate on long-term Canada
Go to the CANSIM data available in the Student Resources section of your MyEconLab website and download monthly data since 1953 for the three-month T-bill rate (series V122541) and the total consumer
A lottery claims its grand prize is $10 million, payable over five years at $2,000,000 per year. If the first payment is made immediately, what is this grand prize really worth? Use an interest rate
If the interest rate is 10%, what is the present value of a security that pays you $1100 next year, $1210 the year after, and $1331 the year after that?
When is the current yield a good approximation to the yield to maturity?
Go to the CANSIM data available in the Student Resources section of your MyEconLab website and download monthly data since 1970 on the M2 (gross) monetary aggregate (series V41552796).a. What is the
In a weighted monetary aggregate, which of the following assets would probably receive the highest weights? Which would receive the lowest weights?a. Currencyb. Savings account depositsc. Foreign
For each of the following assets, indicate which of the monetary aggregates (M1+ and M2+) includes them:a. Currencyb. Money market mutual fundsc. Canada Savings Bondsd. Chequable deposits
Which of the Bank of Canada’s measures of the monetary aggregates—M2+ or M2 is composed of the most liquid assets? Which is the largest measure?
Rank the following assets from most liquid to least liquid:a. Chequing account depositsb. Housesc. Currencyd. Automobilee. Savings depositsf. Common stock
Why were people in Canada in the nineteenth century sometimes willing to be paid by cheque rather than with gold, even though they knew that there was a possibility that the cheque might bounce?
Was money a better store of value in Canada in the 1950s than it was in the 1970s? Why or why not? In which period would you have been more willing to hold money?
Why do managers of financial institutions care so much about the activities of the Bank of Canada?
The following table lists monthly stock prices in Canada as measured by the S&P/TSX Composite Index (this is CANSIM II series V122620) for 2011.January ..................................
Why is a share of Air Canada common stock an asset for its owner and a liability for Air Canada?
If I can buy a car today for $5000 and it is worth $10 000 in extra income next year to me because it enables me to get a job as a travelling salesman, should I take out a loan from Larry the Loan
The following table lists monthly foreign exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar (in $/US$) for 2011 (this is CANSIM II series V37426).January
Much of the Canadian government debt is held as Canada bonds and bills by foreign investors. How do fluctuations in the dollar exchange rate affect the value of that debt held by foreigners?
When the dollar is worth more in relation to currencies of other countries, are you more likely to buy Canadianmade or foreign-made jeans? Are Canadian companies that manufacture jeans happier when
Looking at Figure 1-8, in which years would you have chosen to visit the Canadian Rockies rather than the Grand Canyon in Arizona?Figure 1-8 1.1- U.S. $/CAN $ Exchange Rate 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983
How does an increase in the value of the pound sterling affect Canadian businesses?
How does the current size of the Canadian budget deficit compare to the time period since 1960?
When interest rates decrease, how might businesses and consumers change their economic behaviour?
Has the inflation rate in Canada increased or decreased in the past few years? What about interest rates?
What was the main cause of the global financial crisis that began in 2007?
What is the typical relationship between interest rates on three-month Treasury bills, long-term Canada bonds, and BBB corporate bonds?
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