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• March 3, 2009

  Results of the 3 March 2009 Term PRA Transaction

  The results of today's term PRA operations.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 2, 2009

  Bank of Canada Announces Details of its 91 Day Term PRA Transaction

  In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 20 January.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices

• Computing the Accuracy of Complex Non-Random Sampling Methods: The Case of the Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey

  Staff Working Paper 2009-10 Daniel de Munnik, David Dupuis, Mark Illing

  A number of central banks publish their own business conditions survey based on non-random sampling methods. The results of these surveys influence monetary policy decisions and thus affect expectations in financial markets. To date, however, no one has computed the statistical accuracy of these surveys because their respective non-random sampling method renders this assessment non-trivial.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Central bank research, Econometric and statistical methods, Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): C, C4, C8, C81, C9, C90
• March 2, 2009

  Results of the 2 March 2009 Term PRA Transaction for Private Sector Money Market Instruments

  The results of today's term PRA operations.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 2, 2009

  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 14-day Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments is 1.550%.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices