March 18, 2026
Bank of Canada maintains policy rate at 2¼%
The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%.
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March 18, 2026
Monetary Policy Decision Press Conference Opening Statement
Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the monetary policy decision.
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Press,
Speeches and appearances,
Opening statements
March 5, 2026
Bank of Canada, Export Development Canada, RBC and TD successfully complete bond issuance experiment using distributed ledger technology
The Bank of Canada (BoC), RBC Capital Markets, RBC Investor Services, TD Bank Group (TD), and Export Development Canada (EDC) successfully completed Project Samara, a collaborative initiative to evaluate how tokenization and distributed ledger technology (DLT) can improve bond issuance and settlement in a real-world setting.
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Press,
Press releases
March 4, 2026
New players, old risks: Financial stability in a changing landscape
Governor Tiff Macklem discusses how risks to financial stability are shifting as hedge funds and private credit play a growing role in global debt markets.
Content Type(s):
Press,
Speeches and appearances,
Remarks
Subject(s):
Financial system,
Financial stability
Upcoming events
- March 18, 2026 Interest Rate Announcement
- March 26, 2026 Speech: Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor
- April 1, 2026 Publication: Summary of Deliberations