Daily Digest
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Exchange Rates [ + more ]
|
2012-05-17 | 2012-05-18 | +/- |
| $Can/US closing rate | 1.0191 | 1.0208 |
+0.0017
|
| $Can/US noon rate | 1.0164 | 1.0210 |
+0.0046
|
| $US/Can noon rate | 0.9839 | 0.9794 |
-0.0045
|
| CERI * | 118.31 | 117.78 |
-0.53
|
| CERI excluding USD | 120.00 | 119.46 |
-0.54
|
|
Money Market [ + more ]
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2012-05-16 | 2012-05-17 | +/- |
| Overnight money market financing rate | 0.9996% | 0.9997% |
+0.0001
|
| Target for the overnight rate | 1.00% | 1.00% |
0.00
|
| Overnight repo rate (CORRA) | 1.0002% | 0.9987% |
-0.0015
|
| Prime corporate paper rate - 1 month | 1.14% | 1.14% |
0.00
|
| Treasury Bills - 1 month | 0.89% | 0.88% |
-0.01
|
| Bankers' acceptances - 1 month | 1.15% | 1.17% |
+0.02
|
|
Inflation [ + more ]
|
2012-03 | 2012-04 | +/- |
| Inflation-control target range | 1-3 | 1-3 | -- |
| Total consumer price index** | 1.9% | 2.0% |
+0.1
|
| Core consumer price index** | 1.9% | 2.1% |
+0.2
|
|
Interest Rates [ + more ]
|
2012-05-09 | 2012-05-16 | +/- |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 3.00% |
0.00
|
| Conventional mortgage - 5-year | 5.44% | 5.44% |
0.00
|
|
Bond Yields [ + more ]
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2012-05-16 | 2012-05-17 | +/- |
| Government of Canada marketable bonds - average yield - over 10 years | 2.32% | 2.28% |
-0.04
|
| Government of Canada benchmark bond yields - 3 year | 1.34% | 1.26% |
-0.08
|
| Real return bond - long term | 0.47% | 0.44% |
-0.03
|
* Canadian-dollar effective exchange rate index
** 12-month per cent change
