February 18 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total repurchase amount of $1.7 billion to be auctioned on February 19, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced a call for marketable bond tenders for a minimum repurchase amount of $3.7 billion to be auctioned on February 24, … Read more

February 17 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $2.9 billion following an auction on February 17, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced that Government of Canada bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $3.8 billion following an auction on … Read more

February 16 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The research paper titled: The Role of the International Monetary Fund in the Post-Crisis World by Mark Kruger, Robert Lavigne and Julie McKay is available on the Bank of Canada website. The bank announced the final call for treasury bill tenders with a total amount of $10 billion to be auctioned by Feb. 23, 2016. The full … Read more

February 12 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced the inaugural winners of its student Scholarship and Work Placement Program. The four successful applicants for 2016 are: Hanna Macdonald, 4th year marketing, Ryerson University; Waseem Manan, 2nd year financial economics, University of Toronto; Zackery Secord, 3rd year finance, Concordia University; and Michael Wong, 3rd year commerce, Queen’s University. Each student is … Read more

February 9 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $11 billion following an auction on Feb. 9, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total amount of $7.5 billion to be auctioned by Feb. 23, 2016. … Read more

February 8 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

Remarks by Timothy Lane, deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, titled: Monetary Policy and Financial Stability—Looking for the Right Tools, is available online. The research paper titled: Limits to Arbitrage and Deviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity by James Pinnington and Maral Shamloo is available on the Bank of Canada website. The research paper titled: What Is Behind the Weakness in … Read more

February 4 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank released a new research paper, New Housing Registrations as a Leading Indicator of the BC Economy, by Calista Cheung and Dmitry Granovsky. The paper is available on its website.

February 3 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that Government of Canada bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $3.7 billion following an auction on February 3, 2016. The full release is available online. Opening Statement by Stephen Murchison, advisor to the governor, before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce is available online.

February 2 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced a final call for marketable bond tenders with a total amount of $11 billion to be auctioned by Feb. 9, 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 Feb. 2, 2016. The … Read more