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In accordance with today's policy rate announcement, no further Term PRA operations are scheduled. The last operation was conducted on 12 April 2010.

The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/4 per cent.

The survey results point to an overall easing in business-lending conditions during the first quarter of 2010, following a stabilization of lending conditions in the last quarter of 2009. Both the price and non-price aspects of business lending eased during the first quarter.

We design, issue and distribute Canada’s bank notes. We work to ensure that Canadians have access to secure, reliable and high-quality bank notes.

Learn all about the main areas of responsibility of the Bank of Canada.

Learn the history of the Bank, and read short biographies of past governors.

Our head office is in Ottawa—in one of the city’s most distinctive and noteworthy properties

The Bank of Canada is Canada’s central bank. In operation since 1935, we play a vital role in promoting our country’s economic and financial welfare.

The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report, including disclosure of climate-related risks and audited financial statements, and the Bank of Canada's Quarterly Financial Report.

On balance, firms expect sales growth to pick up over the next 12 months, and plan to increase investment spending and employment. Their investment plans are increasingly being targeted at expansion and at improving efficiency to promote future growth.