May 11 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank published a new research paper, Housing and Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts by Anson T. Y. Ho and Jie Zhou on its website. The bank announced that tenders for Government of Canada bonds have been accepted for a total of $3.7 billion following an auction on May 11, 2016. The full release is available online.

May 10 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total amount of $15 billion to be auctioned by May, 17, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced marketable bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $488 million following an auction on May, 10, 2016. … Read more

May 9 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The research paper titled, Identification and Estimation of Risk Aversion in First-Price Auctions with Unobserved Auction Heterogeneity, by Serafin Grundl and Yu Zhu is available on the Bank of Canada website.

May 5 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank published a new research paper, Estimating Systematic Risk Under Extremely Adverse Market Conditions by Maarten van Oordt and Chen Zhou, which is available on its website. The bank released the 2015 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report on its website. The bank announced a final call for marketable bond tenders with a total amount … Read more

May 4 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that Government Bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $3.9 billion following an auction on May 4, 2016. The full release is available online.

May 3 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of 15.5 billion following an auction on May 3, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total amount of 11.2 billion to be auctioned by May 17, 2016. … Read more

May 2 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The Governor of the Bank of Canada has designated, effective 2 May 2016, the Automated Clearing and Settlement System (ACSS) for oversight under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act (PCSA) as a clearing and settlement system that has the potential to pose payments system risk. The ACSS is owned and operated by the Canadian Payments … Read more

April 29 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The Bank of Canada announced that the 2018 bank note independent Advisory Council has narrowed to 12 names the list of iconic Canadian women who could be featured on the first bank note of the next series. The 12 prominent Canadian women are as follows: Pitseolak Ashoona (c. 1904–1983) Emily Carr (1871–1945) Thérèse Casgrain (1896–1981) Viola … Read more

April 28 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank released its April 2016 issue of Banking and Financial Statistics. The full release is available online. The bank announced a call for marketable bond tenders with a minimum repurchase amount of $3.9 billion to be auctioned on May 4, 2016. The full release is available online.