Press

• May 2, 2024

  Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• May 1, 2024

  Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy Ottawa, Ontario

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• April 30, 2024

  CARR reiterates that market participants with CDOR-based loans, derivatives or securities must prepare for CDOR’s cessation post June 28, 2024

  Refinitiv Benchmark Services (UK) Limited (RBSL), the administrator of CDOR, today reaffirmed that all three tenors of CDOR will cease to be published after June 28, 2024.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• April 25, 2024

  CFIF announces the establishment of the Collateral Infrastructure and Market Practices Advisory Group

  The Canadian Fixed-Income Forum today announced the establishment of the Collateral Infrastructure and Market Practices Advisory Group.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Collateral Infrastructure and Market Practices Advisory Group
• April 25, 2024

  Bank of Canada plans to re-introduce its securities lending program

  The Bank of Canada is planning to restart later this year its securities lending program (SLP) which is designed to support the liquidity of Government of Canada (GoC) securities markets.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Securities Lending Program, Securities Repo Operations
• April 17, 2024

  Introduction of one-month treasury bill

  In line with the announcement in the federal 2024 Budget, the Government of Canada will be introducing a temporary one-month treasury bill.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 15, 2024

  CARR to begin publishing data on the transition of CDOR based loans to CORRA

  To facilitate the monitoring of the transition away from CDOR based loans to CORRA and Term CORRA, CARR will publish a monthly report on the aggregated outstanding amount of CDOR loans that have not transitioned to other benchmarks, as well as the volume of new loans, including any transitioned loans, referencing CORRA and/or Term CORRA.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• April 10, 2024

  Press Conference: Monetary Policy Report – April 2024

  

  

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report – Press conference by Governor Tiff Macklem and Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor (10:30 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• April 10, 2024

  Bank of Canada maintains policy rate, continues quantitative tightening

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 5%, with the Bank Rate at 5¼% and the deposit rate at 5%.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 10, 2024

  Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses the Monetary Policy Report and the key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements