April 27 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank released two new research papers on its website: Retail Order Flow Segmentation by Corey Garriott and Adrian Walton; and Early Warning of Financial Stress Events: A Credit-Regime-Switching Approach by Fuchun Li and Hongyu Xiao. 

April 26 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

Remarks by Stephen S. Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada on: A New Balance Point: Global Trade, Productivity and Economic Growth, is available online. The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a total amount of $15.5 billion to be auctioned by May 3, 2016. The full release is available online. … Read more

April 20 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that Government of Canada bonds have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $3 billion following an auction on April 20, 2016. The full release is available online. Opening Statement by Stephen S. Poloz, governor of the Bank of Canada before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce is available online.

April 19 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $13.5 billion following an auction on April 19, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced a final call for marketable bond tenders with a minimum total amount of $11.2 billion following an auction on May 3, 2016. … Read more

April 18 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The research paper titled, A General Approach to Recovering Market Expectations from Futures Prices with an Application to Crude Oil by Christiane Baumeister and Lutz Kilian has ben published online.

April 15 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank published a new research paper, Opaque Assets and Rollover Risk by Toni Ahnert and Benjamin Nelson on its website. The Bank of Canada announced professor Daniel Trefler from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and professor Francesco Trebbi from the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver School of Economics as the … Read more

April 14 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank published a new paper, Asset Encumbrance, Bank Funding and Financial Fragility by Toni Ahnert, Kartik Anand, Prasanna Gai and James Chapman, which is available on its website. 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 April 14, … Read more

April 13 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The Bank of Canada announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. The full release is available online. Canada’s economy is projected to grow by 1.7 per cent in 2016 and return … Read more