What COVID-19 revealed about the resilience of bond funds Staff analytical note 2020-18 Guillaume Ouellet Leblanc, Ryan Shotlander The liquidity management strategies of fund managers, supported by policy measures, have helped bond funds limit the increase in redemptions caused by COVID 19. This avoided further deterioration in liquidity in bond markets. Nevertheless, these funds were left with lower cash buffers, which could make them more vulnerable to additional large redemptions. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes JEL Code(s): G, G1, G2, G20, G23 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market functioning, Financial system, Financial institutions and intermediation, Financial stability and systemic risk
November 26, 2020 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Tiff Macklem House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Subject(s): Financial system, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Economy/Economic growth, Inflation targeting framework
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
November 17, 1999 Bank of Canada releases its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report Media Relations Today the Bank of Canada released its tenth Monetary Policy Report in which it discusses economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
Should Bank Capital Regulation Be Risk Sensitive? Staff working paper 2018-48 Toni Ahnert, James Chapman, Carolyn A. Wilkins We present a simple model to study the risk sensitivity of capital regulation. A banker funds investment with uninsured deposits and costly capital, where capital resolves a moral hazard problem in the banker’s choice of risk. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): G, G2, G21, G28 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial stability and systemic risk, Financial system regulation and oversight
April 17, 2024 Prescribed supervisory information This supervisory policy provides an explanation of the prescribed supervisory information provisions and sets out the Bank of Canada’s expectations for payments service providers’ compliance with non-disclosure requirements related to prescribed supervisory information under subsection 64(1) of the Retail Payment Activities Act and sections 37 to 38 of the Retail Payment Activities Regulations. Content Type(s): Retail payments materials, Supervisory policies Subject(s): Retail payments, Supervision
April 21, 2021 Bank of Canada will hold current level of policy rate until inflation objective is sustainably achieved, 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
April 12, 2017 Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins and I are happy to be before you today to discuss the Bank’s Monetary Policy Report (MPR), which we published earlier today. When we were last here in October, I spoke about the factors that caused us to downgrade our outlook for the Canadian […] Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
March 21, 2005 Summary of Comments – Debt Strategy 2005/06 Consultations In October 2004, officials from the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada sought views from Government Securities Distributors and institutional investors on a number of issues related to the design and operation of the domestic debt programs.
October 19, 2016 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/2 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases