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• December 8, 2008

  Bank of Canada to Sell Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes

  The Bank of Canada announced today it will sell $0.50 billion of its holdings of treasury bills. This transaction will partially offset the temporary increase in assets associated with the outstanding term liquidity facilities. Details of the transaction are as follows:

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• December 8, 2008

  Results of the 8 December 2008 Term PRA Transaction for Private Sector Money Market Instruments

  The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows:

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• How Important Is Liquidity Risk for Sovereign Bond Risk Premia? Evidence from the London Stock Exchange

  Staff Working Paper 2008-47 Ron Alquist

  This paper uses the framework of arbitrage-pricing theory to study the relationship between liquidity risk and sovereign bond risk premia. The London Stock Exchange in the late 19th century is an ideal laboratory in which to test the proposition that liquidity risk affects the price of sovereign debt.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial markets, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F2, F21, F3, F34, F36, G, G1, G12, G15
• December 8, 2008

  Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments

  The minimum bid rate for today's 13-day Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments is 2.675%.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• December 6, 2008

  Beads to Bytes: Canada's National Currency Collection

  

  This volume explores money and the role it has played, and continues to play, in society, through the lens of Canada's National Currency Collection. The Collection is an extraordinary repository of coins, bank notes, and related paraphernalia from around the world. Soft cover, 124 pages (2008).

  Content Type(s): Publications, Books and monographs, Souvenir books Topic(s): Bank notes
• December 5, 2008

  Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments

  In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions for private sector money market instruments announced on 28 November, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 13-day term PRA transaction for private sector money market instruments as follows:

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• December 4, 2008

  Results of the 4 December 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes

  Results of the 4 December 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• December 2, 2008

  Results of the 2 December 2008 Term PRA Transaction

  The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows:

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• Indebtedness and the Household Financial Health: An Examination of the Canadian Debt Service Ratio Distribution

  Staff Working Paper 2008-46 Umar Faruqui

  The household debt-to-disposable income ratio in Canada increased from 110 per cent in 1999 to 127 per cent in 2007. This increase has raised questions about the ability of households to service their increased debt if faced with a negative economic or socio-economic shock.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial stability, Monetary and financial indicators JEL Code(s): D, D1, D11, D14, D3, D39
• December 1, 2008

  Bank of Canada to Sell Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes

  The Bank of Canada announced today it will sell $0.90 billion of its holdings of treasury bills. This transaction will partially offset the temporary increase in assets associated with the outstanding term liquidity facilities. Details of the transaction are as follows:

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices