COVID-19: Support financial markets

• March 25, 2020

  Operational details for the upcoming Expansion of the Bank of Canada’s Bond Buyback Program

  Consistent with the announcement that the Bank of Canada (the Bank), acting as fiscal agent, will extend its buybacks across all benchmark maturity sectors, the Bank is announcing today the following operations for the next two weeks.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 24, 2020

  Bank of Canada Announces New Program to Support Provincial Funding Markets

  The Bank of Canada today announced a new program to support the liquidity and efficiency of provincial government funding markets.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Provincial Money Market Purchase Program
• March 20, 2020

  Bank of Canada Announces Additional Measures to Support Market Functioning

  The Bank is announcing four measures today designed to support market functioning given the rapidly evolving uncertainty around the impact of COVID-19.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Contingent Term Repo Facility, Term repo operations
• March 19, 2020

  Revised operational details for the first Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility operation

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (Bank) will conduct the first operation under the Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) on Monday, March 23, 2020. The operational details have been adjusted based on market conditions to the following

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
• March 18, 2020

  Bank of Canada Announces Temporary Expansion to the List of Eligible Securities for its Term Repo Operations and Changes to Upcoming Operations

  The Bank of Canada (Bank) is committed to supporting the efficient and continuous functioning of financial markets during the current period of uncertainty in which conditions are evolving rapidly.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility, Term repo operations
• March 18, 2020

  Operational details for the upcoming Expansion of the Bank of Canada’s Bond Buyback Program

  Consistent with the announcement that the Bank of Canada (the Bank), acting as fiscal agent, will extend its buybacks across all benchmark maturity sectors, The Bank is announcing today the following operations for this week and next week

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 17, 2020

  Operational details on the Bank of Canada’s Bankers' Acceptance Purchase Facility

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (Bank) will conduct secondary market purchases of 1-month Bankers’ Acceptances issued and guaranteed by any Canadian bank and of sufficiently high quality, broadly equivalent to a minimum short-term credit rating of R-1 (low), under the Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
• March 16, 2020

  Operational details for the Bank of Canada’s purchase of Canada Mortgage Bonds (CMBs) in the secondary market

  Consistent with the announcement that the Bank stands ready, as a proactive measure, to provide support to the Canada Mortgage Bond (CMB) market, the Bank will purchase CMBs in the secondary market through a competitive tender process.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canada Mortgage Bond Purchase Program
• March 16, 2020

  New Bank of Canada Measures to Support Key Funding Markets

  The Bank of Canada is committed to supporting the efficient and continuous functioning of financial markets during the current period of uncertainty in which conditions are evolving rapidly.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility
• March 13, 2020

  Bank of Canada’s Intention to Introduce a Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility

  In order to support the continuous functioning of financial markets, the Bank of Canada (Bank) is announcing its intention to launch the Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility