April 16, 2008
Market Notices
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April 15, 2008
Bank of Canada to Sell Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
The Bank of Canada announced today it will sell $2 billion of its holdings of treasury bills. This transaction will offset the temporary increase in assets associated with the term purchase and resale transactions announced today. -
April 15, 2008
Bank of Canada Announces Term PRA Transaction
As part of its continuing 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: -
April 3, 2008
Results of the 3 April 2008 Term PRA Transaction
The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows: -
March 31, 2008
Eligibility Criteria and Conditions for Accepting Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) as Collateral for the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF)
On 5 March 2008, the Bank released for comment its proposed eligibility criteria for accepting ABCP and noted that two broad policy objectives guided the Bank's assessment. First, the eligibility criteria should mitigate any risks to the Bank that might be associated with accepting ABCP securities as collateral for the SLF. -
March 20, 2008
Operational Changes to the Bond Buyback Program
As announced in the Debt Management Strategy 2008-2009, minor operational changes will be made to the bond buyback program to broaden the eligible basket of securities available for buyback operations. The changes are as follows: -
March 20, 2008
Results of the 20 March 2008 Term PRA Transaction
The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows: -
March 11, 2008
Bank of Canada Announces New Term PRA Transactions as part of Co-ordinated G10 Central Bank Actions
Since the co-ordinated actions taken in December 2007, the G10 central banks have continued to work together closely and to consult regularly on liquidity pressures in funding markets. Pressures in some of these markets have recently increased again. -
February 26, 2008
Summary of Comments - 2008/09 Debt Strategy Consultations
Today, a Summary of Comments on the Debt Strategy Consultations for 2008/09 is being published on the Bank of Canada's website in conjunction with the release of the government's Debt Management Strategy for 2008/09 on the Department of Finance's website. -
January 18, 2008
Changes in Minimum Bank of Canada Nominal Bond Purchases at Auctions
Section 5.1 of the Statement of Policy Governing the Acquisition and Management of Financial Assets for the Bank of Canada's Balance Sheet states that "The Bank's holdings of Government of Canada nominal bonds and treasury bills are structured to broadly reflect the composition of the federal government's stock of nominal domestic marketable debt."