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Behaviour in the Canadian large-value payment system: COVID-19 vs. the global financial crisis

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  • Alexander Chaudhry
  • Anneke Kosse
  • Karen Sondergard

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The Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) is Canada’s electronic funds transfer system for large-value and time-critical payments. It forms the backbone of the Canadian financial system. If the payments in the LVTS were to come to a halt, this would have a systemic impact on overall economic activity and affect the stability of the Canadian financial system. In this note we discuss the role that the LVTS has played during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and we evaluate the stress experienced in the system in 2020. In particular, we examine the number and value of rejected and delayed payments, the proportion of Tranche 2 transactions and intraday bilateral credit limit adjustments. We show that lessons learned from the 2008–09 global financial crisis in terms of the timing and effectiveness of specific Bank of Canada policy measures have helped avoid potential liquidity stresses in the LVTS in 2020.

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  • Alexander Chaudhry & Anneke Kosse & Karen Sondergard, 2021. "Behaviour in the Canadian large-value payment system: COVID-19 vs. the global financial crisis," Staff Analytical Notes 2021-7, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocsan:21-7
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    Keywords

    Coronavirus disease (COVID-19); Financial institutions; Financial stability; Payment clearing and settlement systems;
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    • E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes

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