October 6, 2020 Corporate Bond Purchase Program expanded to buy-side participants In May, the Bank of Canada introduced a Corporate Bond Purchase Program (CBPP) to support the liquidity and proper functioning of the corporate debt market. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Corporate Bond Purchase Program
October 6, 2020 CORRA Advisory Group Meeting (October 6, 2020) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): CORRA Advisory Group
October 5, 2020 Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (October 13-23) 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
Security and convenience of a central bank digital currency Staff analytical note 2020-21 Charles M. Kahn, Francisco Rivadeneyra An anonymous token-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) would pose certain security risks to users. These risks arise from how balances are aggregated, from their transactional use and from the competition between suppliers of aggregation solutions. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes JEL Code(s): E, E4, E42, G, G2, G21 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial system regulation and oversight, Money and payments, Digital assets and fintech, Payment and financial market infrastructures
October 2, 2020 CORRA Advisory Group: Terms of Reference As per the Bank of Canada methodology for calculating CORRA, the CORRA Advisory Group (CAG) has been established to advise the Bank’s CORRA Oversight Committee on any potential adjustments to the CORRA methodology, stemming from changes in repo market functioning and from any emerging methodology issues, as well as on any changes undertaken as part of regular methodology reviews.
October 2, 2020 CORRA Advisory Group CAG was established by the Bank of Canada to review and advise on repo market functioning and CORRA methodology.
October 1, 2020 Background information on foreign exchange rates Learn about the publication of, and calculation methodology for, the foreign exchange (FX) rate data on the Bank of Canada’s website.
October 1, 2020 Background information on foreign exchange rates Learn about the publication of, and calculation methodology for, the foreign exchange (FX) rate data on the Bank of Canada’s website. Content Type(s): Background materials
September 30, 2020 Interim RPAC Meeting (September 30, 2020) Topic: Significant changes and incidents Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Retail Payments Advisory Committee