January 7, 2008 Summary of the Survey on Canadian Corporate Foreign Exchange Hedging Each year since 2004, the Bank of Canada has undertaken a questionnaire with banks that are active in the Canadian dollar foreign exchange market through offices in Toronto and/or Montréal. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
January 4, 2008 Update on monitoring of short-term funding markets On 12 December 2007, the Bank of Canada announced that it would enter into term purchase and resale agreements (term PRAs) extending over the calendar year with maturities on 4 January and 10 January 2008. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 23, 2007 Bank of Canada welcomes restructuring announcement by Pan-Canadian Investors Committee The Bank of Canada welcomes the announcement that an agreement-in-principle has now been reached among parties to the Montreal Accord for the restructuring of non-bank asset-backed commercial paper. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 18, 2007 Results of the 18 December 2007 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 17, 2007 Bank of Canada provides final details of 18 December Term PRA operation announced 12 December Today, the Bank of Canada provided the final details of the 18 December term purchase and resale agreement (term PRA) operation Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 15, 2007 Bank of Canada response to announcement by Pan-Canadian Investors Committee The Bank of Canada is pleased that substantial progress towards establishing a broad framework for the restructuring of the third-party structured asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) under the Montreal Accord has been made by the parties involved. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 13, 2007 Results of the 13 December 2007 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 12, 2007 Expansion of List of Securities Eligible as Collateral for Use Under Bank of Canada Standing Liquidity Facility 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 the Canadian Payments Association. Loans made by the Bank of Canada must be fully collateralized. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 12, 2007 Bank of Canada Temporarily Expands List of Securities Eligible for Term PRA Transactions Today, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are announcing measures designed to address elevated pressures in short-term funding markets. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 15, 2007 Debt Strategy Consultations 2008/09 Views Sought on Issues Relating to the Government's Domestic Debt Program for 2008/09 and Beyond A consultation document on issues relating to the design and operation of the government's domestic debt program for the fiscal year 2008/09 and beyond, prepared jointly by the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada, is being made public today. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices