Press

• January 26, 2022

  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
• January 26, 2022

  Bank of Canada maintains policy rate, removes exceptional forward guidance

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ %, with the Bank Rate at ½ % and the deposit rate at ¼ %.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• January 25, 2022

  CFEC Releases Results of October 2021 Foreign Exchange Volume Survey

  The Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) released today the results of its October 2021 semi-annual survey of foreign exchange volumes in Canada.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
• January 24, 2022

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (January 31-February 11)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• January 14, 2022

  Bank of Canada/OSFI pilot helps Canadian financial sector assess climate change risks

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada and Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions today released the results of a pilot project on climate scenario analysis.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Research Topic(s): Climate change
• January 13, 2022

  Notice of memorandum of understanding between the Autorité des marchés financiers, the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and the Bank of Canada

  In support of its mandate as the resolution authority for Canadian financial market infrastructures (FMIs), the Bank of Canada has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Autorité des marchés financiers, the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• January 10, 2022

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (January 17-28)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• December 22, 2021

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (January 3-14)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• December 16, 2021

  CARR publishes White Paper on the recommended future of CDOR

  In October 2020, the Canadian Alternative Reference Rate (CARR) working group was tasked with analyzing the current status of the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR) and to make recommendations based on that analysis.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• December 15, 2021

  Media Availability: Empire Club of Canada

  

  

  The Bank’s renewed monetary policy framework — Governor Tiff Macklem takes questions from reporters by videoconference following his remarks (13:15 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts