Press

• July 18, 2023

  Operation Cancellation – Treasury Bill 2023.07.18

  Due to technical difficulties, the Treasury Bill Auction scheduled for 2023.07.18 at 10:30 has been cancelled.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• July 12, 2023

  Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario

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

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• July 12, 2023

  Press Conference: Monetary Policy Report – July 2023

  

  

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report — Press conference by Governor Tiff Macklem and Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor (11:00 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• July 12, 2023

  Bank of Canada raises policy rate 25 basis points, continues quantitative tightening

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 5%, with the Bank Rate at 5¼% and the deposit rate at 5%. The Bank is also continuing its policy of quantitative tightening.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• June 30, 2023

  CARR releases its recommendations for legacy securities tied to CDOR

  Today, the Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) published its paper on legacy securities linked to CDOR (i.e. securities referencing CDOR that mature after CDOR’s cessation).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• June 9, 2023

  CDOR Transition – Implications for transactions as stage 1 ends and stage 2 begins

  The first stage of CARR’s two-staged transition plan will be completed on June 30, 2023. Market participants are expected to have transitioned all new derivative (bilateral, cleared and exchange traded) and securities transactions to CORRA benchmarks, with limited exceptions, after June 30, 2023.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• June 8, 2023

  Media Availability: Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce

  

  

  Economic Progress Report — Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry takes questions from reporters following his remarks (16:45 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• June 8, 2023

  Speech: Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce

  

  

  Economic Progress Report — Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry speaks before the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce (15:25 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• June 8, 2023

  Economic progress report: Are we entering a new era of higher interest rates?

  Remarks Paul Beaudry Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce Victoria, British Columbia

  Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry discusses the latest interest rate decision and suggests reasons why longer-term interest rates could remain higher than they were before the pandemic.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Subject(s): Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation, Inflation targeting framework
• June 8, 2023

  Adjusting to higher interest rates

  Speech summary Paul Beaudry Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce Victoria, British Columbia

  Speaking a day after we raised interest rates, Deputy Governor Paul Beaudry talks about what Governing Council considered in its decision. He also suggests reasons why long-term interest rates could remain higher than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Subject(s): Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation