March 18, 2026 Bank of Canada maintains policy rate at 2¼% Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
March 18, 2026 Monetary Policy Decision Press Conference Opening Statement Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the monetary policy decision. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
March 18, 2026 Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, the Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. A press release will provide a brief explanation of the decision. Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
March 5, 2026 Bank of Canada, Export Development Canada, RBC and TD successfully complete bond issuance experiment using distributed ledger technology Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada (BoC), RBC Capital Markets, RBC Investor Services, TD Bank Group (TD), and Export Development Canada (EDC) successfully completed Project Samara, a collaborative initiative to evaluate how tokenization and distributed ledger technology (DLT) can improve bond issuance and settlement in a real-world setting. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
March 4, 2026 Fireside chat with Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, will participate in a fireside chat at an event hosted by the Global Risk Institute (GRI). Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
March 4, 2026 Bank of Canada to join the Canadian Collateral Management Service for its repo operations The Bank of Canada announced today that it will join the Canadian Collateral Management Service (CCMS) tri-party platform for its domestic repo operations by early 2027. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 4, 2026 New players, old risks: Financial stability in a changing landscape Remarks Tiff Macklem Global Risk Institute (GRI) Toronto, Ontario Governor Tiff Macklem discusses how risks to financial stability are shifting as hedge funds and private credit play a growing role in global debt markets. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability
March 4, 2026 Identifying pressure points in a changing financial system Speech summary Tiff Macklem Global Risk Institute (GRI) Toronto, Ontario Governor Tiff Macklem discusses how risks to financial stability are shifting as hedge funds and private credit play a growing role in global debt markets. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability