Market notices

The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) today published the results of its consultation on its proposed methodology for calculating CORRA-in-arrears as well as draft fallback language for floating rate notes (FRNs) that reference CDOR.

As previously announced on March 23, the Bank is publishing transaction-level data for its discontinued asset purchase programs that were introduced to support key financial markets during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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).

In light of the newly-introduced National Day for Truth and Reconciliation holiday, and the closure of payment clearing and settlement systems, the Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) recommends that any existing forward foreign exchange contracts scheduled to settle on September 30, 2021 should be renegotiated to settle on September 29, 2021 instead.

In observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation—a new national holiday to commemorate the tragic history and lasting effects of Canada’s residential school system, and to honour Indigenous survivors and their families and communities—the Bank of Canada, as a federally regulated workplace, will be closed on September 30, 2021.

The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2020 Annual Report. The Report reviews the Bank’s oversight of designated clearing and settlement systems, also known as financial market infrastructures (FMIs).

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).

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).

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).

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).