The Boston Fed published a paper by Daniel Cooper and J. Christina Wang titled Student Loan Debt and Economic Outcomes: This policy brief advances the growing literature on how student loan debt affects individuals’ other …
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December 9, 2014
Securities market participants will be gratified to learn that the tradition of administrative efficiency in Canadian securities regulation will be continued by the national securities regulator: Canada’s new securities regulator is facing another delay on …
December 8, 2014
Assiduous Reader JP, who often sends me interesting snippets, unlike youse other bums, brings to my attention a small preferred share issue from China: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China will issue US$5.7 billion worth …
December 5, 2014
Jobs, jobs, jobs! A November surprise that included a jump in wages as well as the biggest hiring surge in almost three years suggests the world’s largest economy is putting aside doubts about the strength …
December 4, 2014
Europe is inching towards quantitative easing: Mario Draghi dragged the European Central Bank toward more monetary stimulus with a pledge to assess the need early next year, disappointing some investors seeking faster action. Even as …
December 3, 2014
The BoC announced its rate decision: The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent …
December 2, 2014
They’re playing a sad song in Australia: Australia’s economy expanded slower than economists forecast in the third quarter, underscoring the central bank’s decision to keep interest rates at a record low. The currency fell to …
December 1, 2014
Moody’s downgraded Japan: Moody’s Investors Service on Monday downgraded Japan’s sovereign debt rating by one notch to A1, citing rising uncertainty over the country’s ability to hit its debt-reduction goal. The announcement briefly sent the …
MAPF Portfolio Composition: November 2014
Turnover spiked in November to about 23%. There is extreme segmentation in the marketplace, with OSFI’s NVCC rule changes in February 2011 having had the effect of splitting the formerly relatively homogeneous Straight Perpetual class …
November 28, 2014
Update, 2014-11-30: A large portion of the material previously published in this post has been given its own dedicated post, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh on the National Securities Regulator European inflation is still elusive: Consumer prices …