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To provide support for the upcoming introduction of the Lynx payment system, the Bank of Canada is announcing changes to the Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) Collateral Policy that will be effective July 26, 2021.

Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision and the MPR.

The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent.

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).

The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada today announced that Carolyn Rogers has been appointed Senior Deputy Governor for a term of seven years beginning December 15, 2021.

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.