Bank of Canada

The Bank of Canada maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. The full release is available online. Call 613-782-8782.

Bank of Canada – Press Release

The Bank of Canada published a new paper, Global Trade Flows: Revisiting the Exchange Rate Elasticities by Matthieu Bussière, Guillaume Gaulier and Walter Steingress, which is available on its website.

Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that tenders for Government of Canada bonds have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $3.9 billion following an auction on September 21, 2017. The full release is available online.

September 6 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The Bank of Canada is raising its target for the overnight rate to 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. The full release is available online. Call 613-782-8782.

July 27 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that Government of Canada bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $3-billion following an auction on July 27, 2017. The full release is available online.

July 25 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $11-billion following an auction on July 25, 2017. The full release is available online. The bank issued a call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total repurchase amount of $8.25-billion to be auctioned on August 8, 2017. The … Read more

July 24 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank published two new research papers on its website: Information Contagion and Systemic Risk by Toni Ahnert and Co-Pierre Georg, and Retrieving Implied Financial Networks from Bank Balance-Sheet and Market Data by Jose Fique. The papers are available online.

July 21 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank published a new research paper, Fintech: Is This Time Different? A Framework for Assessing Risks and Opportunities for Central Banks by Meyer Aaron, Francisco Rivadeneyra and Samantha Sohal. It is available on its website.

July 19 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The Bank of Canada presented the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Integrated Counterfeit Enforcement Team C Division (Quebec), with the 2017 Law Enforcement Award of Excellence for Counterfeit Deterrence. This year’s recipients worked tirelessly for two years to dismantle a ring of counterfeiters who were producing and passing fake $100 bank notes through the Montréal, Québec and … Read more