Canada: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note on Systemic Risk Analysis
IMF Staff Country Reports, August 15, 2025
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- Published: August 15, 2025
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229020732.002
Summary and Macroeconomic Context
- The Canadian economy has navigated the pandemic well and achieved a soft landing but rising trade tensions pose significant challenges.
- Amid sharp monetary tightening to control high levels of inflation, the economy slowed in 2023–24 but avoided a recession.
- The Bank of Canada (BOC) began easing monetary policy in June 2024.
- Challenges persist, including rising trade tensions and policy uncertainties, among other factors.
Key Themes Covered
- Financial institutions
- Insurance and Insurance companies
- Labor
- Mortgages
- Pensions
- Risk analysis, including solvency ratio, solvency stress test, and sensitivity analysis
Notable Keywords (as listed)
- credit market
- Global
- Insurance
- Insurance companies
- insurance solvency stress test
- Mortgages
- Pensions
- risk analysis
- solvency ratio
- solvency stress Test. sensitivity analysis
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