April 18, 2018 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 ¼ per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1 ¼ per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 ½ per cent and the deposit rate is 1 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
January 7, 2016 Expect policy divergence as economies adjust to shocks, Governor Poloz says Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario Diverging monetary policies are the natural consequence of large declines in resource prices and should be expected, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said in a speech today at the Mayor’s Breakfast Series in Ottawa. Last month’s interest rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve is the first step in a long process toward […] Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
December 4, 2000 Bank of Canada Governor concludes that a floating exchange rate regime continues to make sense for Canada Media Relations Montréal, Quebec In a speech to the Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain, Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen reviewed the different sides of the argument with respect to a floating exchange rate regime, and concluded that a floating currency continues to make sense for Canada. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
May 15, 2023 Financial System Survey highlights—2023 This article presents the key results from the 2023 Bank of Canada Financial System Survey, conducted between February 21 and March 10. The survey included a special section on margining practices for non-centrally cleared derivatives. Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Survey
January 2, 2015 Bank notes: Resources for police and prosecutors This section features training materials and legal tools to help police officers and Crown prosecutors learn about Canadian bank notes and counterfeiting offences.
December 5, 2006 Bank of Canada keeps target for the overnight rate at 4 1/4 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 4 1/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
January 28, 2016 Change to the Standard Terms for Auctions of Government of Canada Marketable Bonds and Terms and Conditions Governing the Morning Auction of Receiver General Cash Balances The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada have updated the rule for determining the coupon rates of Government of Canada nominal bonds. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
Liquidity Management of Canadian Corporate Bond Mutual Funds: A Machine Learning Approach Staff analytical note 2019-7 Rohan Arora, Chen Fan, Guillaume Ouellet Leblanc When redeeming shares for investors, bond fund managers must choose a mix of cash and bond sales to honour their commitments. This note uses machine learning algorithms to uncover new patterns in decisions fund managers make to meet 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, Models and tools, Econometric, statistical and computational methods
March 1, 2017 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