Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80745 
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Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Bank of Canada Working Paper No. 2012-39
Publisher: 
Bank of Canada, Ottawa
Abstract: 
This paper documents a link between the real and financial sides of the economy. We find that retail equity mutual fund flows in Canada are negatively related to current and past changes in a component of the prime and 5-year mortgage rates that is uncorrelated with government rates. The effect is present when we control for other determinants of fund flows and is more pronounced for big and old funds. The results suggest that consumers' investments in domestic equity mutual funds take time to respond to changes in interest rates, and that developments in the market for consumer debt may have spillovers into other areas of the financial services industry.
Subjects: 
Financial services
Interest rates
JEL: 
G21
G23
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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