August 31, 2010
Survey of Activity in Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Markets in Canada During April 2010
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August 24, 2010
Re-examining Canada’s Monetary Policy Framework: Recent Research and Outstanding Issues
I am honoured to address members of the Canadian Association for Business Economics. My remarks today will focus on critical issues that the Bank of Canada has studied over the past four years and how this research will inform our work as we move forward post crisis. -
August 24, 2010
Bank of Canada Announces the Recipients of Its 2010 Law Enforcement Award of Excellence for Counterfeit Deterrence
The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2010 Law Enforcement Award of Excellence for Counterfeit Deterrence. The award was established in 2004 to recognize the work of Canadian law-enforcement personnel in deterring and preventing the counterfeiting of Canada's bank notes. -
August 18, 2010
Bank of Canada releases report assessing impact of stronger capital and liquidity requirements on the Canadian economy
Following similar international reports by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the Bank of Canada today published a comprehensive assessment of the potential impact on the Canadian economy of new global capital and liquidity standards, which are to be finalized later this year by the G-20. -
July 29, 2010
Bank of Canada Releases 2011 Schedule of Dates for Its Policy Interest Rate Announcements
The Bank of Canada today released its 2011 schedule of eight dates for announcing decisions on its key policy interest rate and confirmed the announcement dates for the remainder of this year. -
July 22, 2010
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
The global economic recovery is proceeding but is not yet self-sustaining. A greater emphasis on balance sheet repair by households, banks, and governments in a number of advanced economies is expected to temper the pace of global growth relative to the Bank’s outlook in April. -
July 20, 2010
Bank of Canada increases overnight rate target to 3/4 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. -
July 16, 2010
Changes to Requirements for Assets Accepted as Collateral under the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility
As part of an ongoing review of collateral policy related to the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank is adjusting the credit-rating requirements for assets acceptable as collateral. -
June 30, 2010
Results of the 30 June 2010 Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
The results of today's term repo for balance sheet management purposes operation. -
June 29, 2010
Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a Term Repo for Balance Sheet Management Purposes operation.