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    November 13, 2019
    Bank of Canada’s Intention to Introduce a Standing Term Liquidity Facility
    September 10, 2019
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    Canada’s Vertical $10 Note

    Explore and share the $10 polymer bank note featuring Viola Desmond.

    Upcoming changes to legal tender status for older bank notes

    Find out what removing legal tender status means and which bank notes are affected.

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    Monetary Policy Report – October 2019

    The Bank projects that Canadian economy will grow by 1.5 percent this year, 1.7 percent in 2020 and 1.8 percent in 2021.

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    Economic Progress Report - Deputy Governor Timothy Lane of the Bank of Canada speaks before the Ottawa Board of Trade. (08:15 (Eastern Time) approx.)

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    Staff Economic Projections

    These forecasts are provided to Governing Council in preparation for monetary policy decisions. They are released once a year with a five-year lag.

Markets

Market Notices

November 13, 2019

Bank of Canada’s Intention to Introduce a Standing Term Liquidity Facility

The Bank of Canada (Bank) is announcing its intention to introduce a new liquidity facility, the Standing Term Liquidity Facility (STLF). The STLF will complement the Bank’s current tools for the provision of liquidity and will strengthen the Bank’s role as lender of last resort.
Content Type(s): Press, Market Notices
September 10, 2019

Debt Management Strategy Consultations – 2020-21

The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking the views of government securities distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on issues related to the design and operation of the Government of Canada’s domestic debt program for 2020-21 and beyond.
Content Type(s): Press, Market Notices
August 21, 2019

Expansion of Term Repo Operations for balance sheet management purposes

As part of the regular management of the Bank of Canada’s (Bank) balance sheet, the Bank acquires assets to offset its liabilities, which consists mainly of bank notes in circulation and government deposits.

Content Type(s): Press, Market Notices
August 20, 2019

Government of Canada Real Return Bond Consultations

A consultation document on issues pertaining to the design and operation of the Real Return Bond program, prepared jointly by the Department of Finance (DoF) and the Bank of Canada (BoC), is being published today.
Content Type(s): Press, Market Notices
August 1, 2019

Changes to publication of interest rate statistics

Effective October 1, 2019, the Bank of Canada will no longer publish the monthly Chartered Bank Interest Rates. As well, the weekly rate will be relocated on our website.
Content Type(s): Press, Market Notices

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Upcoming Events

  • December 12, 2019
    Speech – Stephen S. Poloz, Governor
  • January 3, 2020
    Panel – Carolyn A. Wilkins, Senior Deputy Governor
  • January 5, 2020
    Panel – Carolyn A. Wilkins, Senior Deputy Governor
  • January 9, 2020
    Fireside Chat – Stephen S. Poloz, Governor
  • January 13, 2020
    Publication - Business Outlook Survey

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Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee

CFEC is composed of senior officers from financial institutions actively involved in Canada’s foreign exchange market and the Canadian dollar market globally.

Along with CFEC members, the Bank of Canada is committed to adhering to the FX Global Code, a set of principles generally recognised as good practice in the wholesale foreign exchange market. To this end the Bank of Canada has issued its Statement of Commitment.

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.

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