Press Release Department: Federal - Bank of Canada

Completion of Public Consultations: Bank of Canada’s Criteria and Risk-Management Standards for Prominent Payment Systems has been posted online.

The bank announced it is increasing the target for the minimum daily level of settlement balances to $500 million, from its current level of $150 million. This measure will remain in effect until further notice. The full release is available online. The bank announced that treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase … Read more

The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total repurchase amount of $1.2 billion to be auctioned on Jan. 29, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced a final call for marketable bond tenders with a minimum total amount of $3.7 billion to be auctioned by Feb. … Read more

The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total amount of $8.2 billion to be auctioned by Feb. 9, 2016. The full release is available online. The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $12.5 billion following an auction on Jan. 26, 2016. … Read more

The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $2.4 billion following an auction on Jan. 22, 2016. The full release is available online.

The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders for a minimum total repurchase amount of $2.4 billion to be auctioned on January 22, 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 $2.5 billion following an auction … Read more

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. The Monetary Policy Report – January 2016 : Growth in Canada’s economy is expected to reach 1.4 … Read more

An Audio and Video Webcasts of a press conference by Stephen S. Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, following the release of the Monetary Policy Report will be available at 11:15 (ET) from the Bank of Canada’s website. The bank announced a final call for marketable bond tenders with a total amount of $12.5 billion … Read more

The bank announced a final call for marketable bond tenders with a total repurchase amount of $2.5 billion to be auctioned on January 21, 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 $3.5 billion following an auction on January 13, 2016. The full release is available online.