July 14, 2021 Bank of Canada maintains policy rate and forward guidance, adjusts quantitative easing program Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario 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. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
July 12, 2021 Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (July 19-30) 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). Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
July 12, 2021 Carolyn Rogers appointed as Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario 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. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
July 6, 2021 CARR publishes results of consultation, recommended CDOR FRN fallback language 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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
June 29, 2021 Bank of Canada publishes transaction-level data for its discontinued asset purchase programs 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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility, Commercial Paper Purchase Program, Corporate Bond Purchase Program, Provincial Bond Purchase Program, Provincial Money Market Purchase Program
June 28, 2021 Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (July 5-16) 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). Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
June 25, 2021 CFEC recommendations on dating conventions for foreign exchange contracts in light of new national holiday 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. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
June 25, 2021 Bank of Canada to be closed in observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2021 In observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation—a new national holiday to commemorate the tragic history and lasting effects of Canada’s residential school system, and to honour Indigenous survivors and their families and communities—the Bank of Canada, as a federally regulated workplace, will be closed on September 30, 2021. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
June 23, 2021 Release of the 2020 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2020 Annual Report. The Report reviews the Bank’s oversight of designated clearing and settlement systems, also known as financial market infrastructures (FMIs). Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
June 16, 2021 Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Opening statement Tiff Macklem Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Ontario Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Research Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial stability, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments