March 19 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced a call for marketable bond tenders with a minimum total amount of $3.4 billion to be auctioned on March 25, 2015. The full release is available online. The bank published its latest research paper, entitled “Funding Liquidity, Market Liquidity and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns,” written by Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, René Garcia, Sermin Gungor. … Read more

March 17 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total amount of $8 billion to be auctioned by March 24, 2015. 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 17, 2015. … Read more

March 11 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that Government of Canada Real Return bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $400 million following an auction on March 11, 2015. The full release is available online.

March 10 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The working paper titled: Fourier Inversion Formulas for Multiple-Asset Option Pricing by Bruno Feunou and Ernest Tafolong is available on the Bank of Canada website. The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $9 billion following an auction on March 10, 2015. The full release is available online. The bank … Read more

March 9 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The working paper titled: Effects of Funding Portfolios on the Credit Supply of Canadian Banks by H. Evren Damar, Césaire Meh and Yaz Terajima is available on the Bank of Canada website.

March 5 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that Government of Canada bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $2.7 billion following an auction on March 5, 2015. The full release is available online. The bank announced a final call for Government of Canada real return bonds with a minimum total amount of $4 million to … Read more

March 4 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The Bank of Canada announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. The full release is available online.

March 3 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total amount of $9 billion to be auctioned by March 10, 2015. The full release is available online. The bank announced marketable bond tenders have been accepted for a total repuchase amount of $357,728,000 following an auction on March 3, 2015. The … Read more

February 25 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

As part of an exercise to test the operational readiness of existing standing swap arrangements with other central banks, the Bank of Canada will conduct a small-value Canadian-dollar operation with the European Central Bank, drawing euros against Canadian dollars. This operational readiness exercise is a measure of prudent advance planning by the Bank of Canada … Read more