Market notices

The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2024 Annual Report.

The Bank of Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, announces the addition of one new Government Securities Distributor (GSD) for Government of Canada marketable bonds and treasury bills.

Beginning on March 19, 2025, the Bank of Canada will publish the weighted average mean and mode of the daily Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) distribution alongside the existing CORRA benchmark rate, which is based on the median.

Following a review of the Government of Canada’s Debt Distribution Framework (DDF) in 2024, the Bank of Canada and the Government of Canada (GoC) are announcing upcoming adjustments to the DDF.

The Bank of Canada is announcing changes to the eligibility criteria and review process for applications for its Contingent Term Repo Facility (CTRF).

The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada, in its role as the Government of Canada’s fiscal agent, are announcing the launch of securities lending of the government’s Canada Mortgage Bond (CMB) holdings, to support market well-functioning.

The Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) released today the results of its October 2024 semi-annual survey of foreign exchange volumes in Canada.

As announced on June 11, 2024, the Bank of Canada made Secured General Collateral (SGC) Notes eligible as collateral under the Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), pending necessary system enhancements.

The Bank announced it is making an adjustment to the deposit rate. Effective January 30, the deposit rate will be set at a spread of 5bps below the Bank’s policy interest rate.

Today, the Bank of Canada is announcing its plan to complete its balance sheet normalization, ending quantitative tightening.