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Market Notices
Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (January 4-15)
Return to Standard Terms for Government of Canada Bond Auctions
Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (December 21-December 31)
Summary of Comments – Fall 2020 Debt Management Strategy Consultations
Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (December 7-17)
Upcoming Events
Interest Rate Announcement & Monetary Policy Report
Press Conference: Monetary Policy Report
Family Day
Interest Rate Announcement
Good Friday
Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
CFEC is a senior level industry-wide committee to facilitate the sharing of information between market participants and the Bank on the foreign exchange market.
Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
CFIF is a senior level industry-wide committee established by the Bank of Canada to discuss developments in fixed-income market structure and functioning, market practices, and related policy issues.
Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
CARR was created to identify and seek to develop a new term risk-free Canadian dollar interest rate benchmark.
About Financial Markets
Financial markets consist of markets for money, bonds, equities, derivatives, and foreign exchange. They are one of the three elements of Canada's financial system.
Market Operations and Liquidity Provision
The Bank of Canada has a number of permanent facilities used to conduct market operations.
Government Securities Auctions
The government's public debt consists largely of outstanding government securities, such as treasury bills and marketable bonds. The Bank sells the securities at auction to financial market distributors and dealers.
Calls for Tenders and Results
The government's public debt (also called domestic debt or federal debt) consists largely of outstanding government securities, such as treasury bills and marketable bonds.
Selected Treasury Bill Yields
1, 3, 6 and 12 month treasury bill data.
Bank of Canada Holdings
This document sets out the policy governing the acquisition and management of domestic financial assets for the Bank of Canada’s balance sheet.