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 next scheduled date for announcing the overnight rate target is April 13, 2016. The full release is available online. Call 613-782-8782.
The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $9 billion following an auction on March 8, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced a final call for marketable bond tenders with a minimum total amount of $6.7 billion to be auctioned by March 22, 2016. … Read more
The bank announced that real return bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $400 million following an auction on March 2, 2016. The full release is available online.
The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total amount of $9 billion to be auctioned by March 8, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced marketable bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $500 million following an auction on March 1, 2016. … Read more
The working paper titled: Wait a Minute: The Efficacy of Discounting versus Non-Pecuniary Payment Steering by Angelika Welte is available online.
The bank published a new paper, Understanding Firms’ Inflation Expectations Using the Bank of Canada’s Business Outlook Survey, by Simon Richards and Matthieu Verstraete, which is available online.
The bank has published a new research paper, Macroeconomic Uncertainty Through the Lens of Professional Forecasters, by Soojin Jo and Rodrigo Sekkel, on its website. The bank has published a new research paper, A Microfounded Design of Interconnectedness-Based Macroprudential Policy, by Jose Fique, which is available online. The bank announced a call for real return bond … Read more
The bank announced that remarks given by Deputy Governor Lawrence Schemer, “Connecting the Dots: Elevated Household Debt and the Risk to Financial Stability,” have been posted on the website. The bank announced that Government of Canada bonds have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $3.7 billion following an auction on February 24, 2016. The full release … Read more
The research paper titled: To Share or Not to Share? Uncovered Losses in a Derivatives Clearinghouse by Radoslav Raykov is available on the Bank of Canada website. The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $10 billion following an auction on Feb. 23, 2016. The full release is available online. The … Read more
The bank announced that treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $1.7 billion following an auction on February 19, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank published a new research paper, Monetary Commitment and the Level of Public Debt by Stefano Gnocchi and Luisa Lambertini on its website.
