February 22, 2021
Press
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February 23, 2021
Speech: Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Labour market impacts of COVID and sectoral implications — Governor Tiff Macklem speaks by videoconference before the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. (12:30 (ET) approx.) -
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February 17, 2021
Bank of Canada announces 2020-21 scholarship recipients
The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of its scholarship awards for students with disabilities, Indigenous students and students who identify as a woman or as a member of a visible minority or racialized group, or person of colour. -
February 16, 2021
University of Alberta crowned National Champion of The Governor’s Challenge
The University of Alberta has won the Bank of Canada’s sixth annual Governor’s Challenge, a national student competition in which teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council. -
February 11, 2021
Canadian universities propose designs for a central bank digital currency
The Bank of Canada is researching potential system designs and business models for a digital currency that, like a banknote, would be widely accessible, secure and denominated in Canadian dollars. -
February 10, 2021
Changing how we pay
Deputy Governor Timothy Lane discusses how the pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of the economy. -
February 10, 2021
Speech: Institute for Data Valorisation (IVADO)
Payments Innovation Beyond the Pandemic — Deputy Governor Timothy Lane speaks by videoconference to the Institute for Data Valorisation (IVADO). (11:30 (ET) approx.)
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February 10, 2021
Payments innovation beyond the pandemic
Deputy Governor Timothy Lane talks about how the Bank of Canada is contributing to the modernization of our payments ecosystem, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to make payments more convenient for all Canadians. -
February 9, 2021
CARR welcomes issuance of first compounded in arrears CORRA floating rate note
The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) welcomes the Royal Bank of Canada’s issuance of the first floating rate note referencing CORRA compounded-in-arrears. -
February 8, 2021
Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (February 15-26)
As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).