December 4 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The working paper titled: The Impact of U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization on Capital Flows to Emerging-Market Economies by Tatjana Dahlhaus and Garima Vasishtha is available on the Bank of Canada website. The working paper titled: Targeting Inflation from Below – How Do Inflation Expectations Behave? by Michael Ehrmann, is available on the Bank of Canada website. The bank annoouned a final call for real return bond … Read more

December 3 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The Bank of Canada announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. Inflation has risen by more than expected. The increase in inflation over the past year is largely due to the temporary … Read more

December 2 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $10 billion following an auction on Dec. 2, 2014. 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 Dec. 16, 2014. … Read more

November 26 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced government bond tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $3.4 billion following an auction on November 26, 2014. The full release is available online. 

November 25 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced a final call for treasury bill tenders with a minimum total amount of $10 billion to be auctioned by Dec. 12, 2014. The full release is available online. The bank announced treasury bill tenders have been accepted for a total repurchase amount of $2.8 billion following an auction on Nov. 25, 2014. The full … Read more

November 21 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced that it successfully issued $1 billion in 50-year bonds through the syndication process. Government of Canada 2.75 per cent Bonds due 1 December 2064. The full release is available online. Call 613-782-7913.

November 19 – Bank of Canada – Press Release

The bank announced government bond tenders worth a total amount of $3 billion have been accepted following an auction on November 19, 2014. The full release is available online.  The bank published the following research papers: “Bootstrap Tests of Mean-Variance Efficiency with Multiple Portfolio Groupings” by Sermin Gungor and Richard Luger “The Effect of the Federal Reserve’s Tapering Announcements on … Read more