March 23, 2020
Results of the 1-month Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility operation
The results of today’s 1-month Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) operation.
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March 23, 2020
Bank of Canada announces the minimum yield for today’s Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility operation
The minimum yield for today’s 1-month Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) operation is 0.63%.
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Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
March 20, 2020
Bank of Canada Announces Additional Measures to Support Market Functioning
The Bank is announcing four measures today designed to support market functioning given the rapidly evolving uncertainty around the impact of COVID-19.
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Market notices
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Contingent Term Repo Facility,
Term repo operations
March 19, 2020
Bank of Canada launches the Standing Term Liquidity Facility
The Bank of Canada (the Bank) is announcing the launch of its new liquidity facility, the Standing Term Liquidity Facility (STLF), effective March 30, 2020.
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Standing Term Liquidity Facility
March 19, 2020
Revised operational details for the first Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility operation
As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (Bank) will conduct the first operation under the Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) on Monday, March 23, 2020. The operational details have been adjusted based on market conditions to the following
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Press,
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Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
March 19, 2020
Results of today’s Canada Mortgage Bond purchase operation
Today the Bank of Canada purchased $305,000,000 of Canada Mortgage Bonds in the secondary market.
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Press,
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Canada Mortgage Bond Purchase Program
March 18, 2020
Bank of Canada Announces Temporary Expansion to the List of Eligible Securities for its Term Repo Operations and Changes to Upcoming Operations
The Bank of Canada (Bank) is committed to supporting the efficient and continuous functioning of financial markets during the current period of uncertainty in which conditions are evolving rapidly.
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Press,
Market notices
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Standing Liquidity Facility,
Term repo operations
March 18, 2020
Additional Temporary Changes to the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility Collateral Policy Regarding the Non-Mortgage Loan Portfolio and Settlement Balances
Under its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank of Canada is prepared to provide liquidity on a daily basis to financial institutions that participate directly in the payments systems operated by Payments Canada. Loans made by the Bank of Canada must be fully collateralized.
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Press,
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Standing Liquidity Facility
March 18, 2020
Operational details for the upcoming Expansion of the Bank of Canada’s Bond Buyback Program
Consistent with the announcement that the Bank of Canada (the Bank), acting as fiscal agent, will extend its buybacks across all benchmark maturity sectors, The Bank is announcing today the following operations for this week and next week
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Press,
Market notices
March 17, 2020
Operational details on the Bank of Canada’s Bankers' Acceptance Purchase Facility
As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (Bank) will conduct secondary market purchases of 1-month Bankers’ Acceptances issued and guaranteed by any Canadian bank and of sufficiently high quality, broadly equivalent to a minimum short-term credit rating of R-1 (low), under the Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF).
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Press,
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Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility