Canada's Potential Growth : Another Victim of the Crisis? /

This study investigates the impact of the current financial crisis on Canada's potential GDP growth. Using a simple accounting framework to decompose trend GDP growth into changes in capital, labor services and total factor productivity, we find a sizeable drop in Canadian potential growth in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Estevao, Marcello
Other Authors: Tsounta, Evridiki
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/013
Online Access:Full text available on IMF