December 16, 2009 Household Finances Important for Financial System Stability, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney Says Media Relations Toronto, Ontario While the Canadian economy will likely grow faster than the economies of the other G-7 countries next year, the Bank of Canada expects our recovery to be more protracted than usual – and more reliant on domestic demand, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said today. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
December 15, 2009 Changes to the Terms of the Bank of Canada's Term Purchase and Resale Agreement (PRA) Facility Given improved conditions in Canadian funding markets, the Bank of Canada is announcing that effective 19 January 2010 the following changes will apply to the Term PRA facility. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 15, 2009 Bank of Canada welcomes initiative to improve infrastructure for Canadian-dollar core funding markets Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario Policies and initiatives that help keep core markets functioning continuously, including in times of stress, promote the overall safety and soundness of our financial system. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
December 14, 2009 Liquidity Standards in a Macroprudential Context Financial System Review - December 2009 Carol Ann Northcott, Mark Zelmer Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
December 14, 2009 Reform of Securitization Financial System Review - December 2009 Jack Selody, Elizabeth Woodman Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
December 14, 2009 Towards a Stress-Testing Model Consistent with the Macroprudential Approach Financial System Review - December 2009 Céline Gauthier, Alfred Lehar, Moez Souissi Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles
December 14, 2009 Financial System Review - December 2009 Conditions in the international financial system have improved considerably since June in response to the forceful actions taken by policy-makers around the world.FSR Highlights - December 2009 Content Type(s): Publications, Financial Stability Report
December 8, 2009 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1/4 per cent and reiterates conditional commitment to hold current policy rate until the end of the second quarter of 2010 Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
December 7, 2009 Results of the 7 December 2009 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices