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• June 21, 2008

  The Effects of a Disruption in CDSX Settlement on Activity in the LVTS: A Simulation Study

  Financial System Review - June 2008 Lana Embree, Kirby Millar

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
• June 21, 2008

  Family Values: Ownership Structure, Performance, and Capital Structure of Canadian Firms

  Financial System Review - June 2008 Michael R. King, Eric Santor

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
• June 21, 2008

  Financial System Review - June 2008

  

  Although there has been some improvement in conditions over the past several weeks, strains in global credit markets have broadened since December.

  FSR Highlights - June 2008

  Errata: Some factual errors in the June report "Bank of Canada Oversight Activities during 2007 under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act" have been corrected. They concern (i) clarification of the U.S. Federal Reserve as lead overseer of CLS Bank and (ii) the steps taken by CDS on 14 August 2007 to assist issuers and participants holding defaulted ABCP.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial Stability Report
• June 21, 2008

  Bank of Canada Oversight Activities during 2007 under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act

  Financial System Review - June 2008 Walter Engert, Dinah Maclean

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
• June 19, 2008

  Capitalizing on the Commodity Boom: the Role of Monetary Policy

  Remarks Mark Carney Haskayne School of Business Calgary, Alberta

  We are experiencing a commodity super cycle. Throughout the current boom, the scale of price increases has been higher, and the range of affected commodities broader, than in previous upturns. Since 2002, grain and oilseed prices have more than doubled, base metals prices have tripled, and oil prices have quadrupled.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
• June 10, 2008

  Bank of Canada keeps overnight rate target at 3 per cent

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 3 per cent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• June 10, 2008

  Bank of Canada Announces Term PRA Transaction

  As part of its provision of liquidity in support of the efficient functioning of financial markets, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 28-day term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) as follows:

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• May 30, 2008

  Results of the 30 May 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes

  Results of the 30 May 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• May 27, 2008

  Bank of Canada to Sell Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes

  The Bank of Canada announced today it will sell $1.8 billion of its holdings of treasury bills.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• May 27, 2008

  Bank of Canada Announces Term PRA Transaction

  As part of its provision of liquidity in support of the efficient functioning of financial markets, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 28-day term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) as follows:

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices