March 27, 2020 Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target to ¼ percent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today lowered its target for the overnight rate by 50 basis points to ¼ percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly ½ percent and the deposit rate is ¼ percent. This unscheduled rate decision brings the policy rate to its effective lower bound and is intended to provide support to the Canadian financial system and the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
March 26, 2020 Results of today’s Provincial Money Market Purchase program As part of the Bank of Canada’s Provincial Money Market Purchase (PMMP) program, the Bank was allocated $121.1 million of provincial treasury bills and/or promissory notes. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Provincial Money Market Purchase Program
March 26, 2020 Results of today’s Canada Mortgage Bond purchase operation Today the Bank of Canada purchased $ 260,000,000 of Canada Mortgage Bonds in the secondary market. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canada Mortgage Bond Purchase Program
March 25, 2020 Results of today’s Provincial Money Market Purchase program As part of the Bank of Canada’s Provincial Money Market Purchase (PMMP) program, the Bank was allocated $279.21 million of provincial treasury bills and/or promissory notes. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Provincial Money Market Purchase Program
March 25, 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 the next two weeks. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 24, 2020 Bank of Canada Announces New Program to Support Provincial Funding Markets The Bank of Canada today announced a new program to support the liquidity and efficiency of provincial government funding markets. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Provincial Money Market Purchase Program
March 24, 2020 COVID-19: Actions to Support the Economy and Financial System Learn about the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Bank’s actions to support the Canadian economy and financial system. Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
March 24, 2020 Results of today’s Canada Mortgage Bond purchase operation Today the Bank of Canada purchased $ 242,000,000 of Canada Mortgage Bonds in the secondary market. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canada Mortgage Bond Purchase Program
March 24, 2020 Statement of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Consistent with the direction from G7 Leaders, we are taking action and enhancing coordination on our dynamic domestic and international policy efforts to respond to the global health, economic, and financial impacts associated with the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
March 23, 2020 Bank of Canada Announces Additional Changes to the List of Eligible Securities for its Term Repo Operations A further expansion of eligible collateral for Term Repo operations, in addition to the changes previously announced by the Bank on March 16th and March 18th, are being made effective immediately. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Term repo operations