Market Notices

• March 23, 2020

  Results of the 1-month Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility operation

  The results of today’s 1-month Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) operation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
• March 23, 2020

  Bank of Canada announces the minimum yield for today’s Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility operation

  The minimum yield for today’s 1-month Banker’s Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) operation is 0.63%.

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

  Bank of Canada launches the Standing Term Liquidity Facility

  The Bank of Canada (the Bank) is announcing the launch of its new liquidity facility, the Standing Term Liquidity Facility (STLF), effective March 30, 2020.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Standing Term Liquidity Facility
• 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 19, 2020

  Results of today’s Canada Mortgage Bond purchase operation

  Today the Bank of Canada purchased $305,000,000 of Canada Mortgage Bonds in the secondary market.

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

  Additional Temporary Changes to the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility Collateral Policy Regarding the Non-Mortgage Loan Portfolio and Settlement Balances

  Under its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank of Canada is prepared to provide liquidity on a daily basis to financial institutions that participate directly in the payments systems operated by Payments Canada. Loans made by the Bank of Canada must be fully collateralized.

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