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• Household indebtedness risks in the wake of COVID‑19

  Staff Analytical Note 2020-8 Olga Bilyk, Anson T. Y. Ho, Mikael Khan, Geneviève Vallée

  COVID-19 presents challenges for indebted households. We assess these by drawing parallels between pandemics and natural disasters. Taking into account the financial health of the household sector when the pandemic began, we run model simulations to illustrate how payment deferrals and the labour market recovery will affect mortgage defaults.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Climate change, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Credit and credit aggregates, Econometric and statistical methods, Financial stability, Fiscal policy, Housing, Recent economic and financial developments, Sectoral balance sheet JEL Code(s): C, C2, C21, D, D1, D12, D14, E, E2, E24, E27, E6, E62, G, G2, G21, G28, R, R2
• June 5, 2020

  CARR welcomes MX’s listing of new Three-Month CORRA Futures

  The Canadian Alternative Reference Rate working group (CARR) welcomed Montréal Exchange’s (MX) notice that it will launch its new Three-Month Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) Futures contract for trading on Friday June 12, 2020.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group

• Canadian Financial Stress and Macroeconomic Conditions

  Staff Discussion Paper 2020-4 Thibaut Duprey

  Severe disruptions in the financial markets, as observed during the 2008 global financial crisis or the COVID-19 pandemic, can impair the stability of the entire financial system and worsen macroeconomic downturns.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Central bank research, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial markets, Financial stability, Monetary and financial indicators JEL Code(s): C, C3, C32, E, E4, E44, G, G0, G01
• June 4, 2020

  Supporting markets during the crisis

  Speech summary Toni Gravelle Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Sudbury, Ontario

  Speaking a day after the Bank left the policy rate unchanged, Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle explains how efforts to keep financial markets functioning through the COVID-19 crisis will lay a solid foundation for economic recovery.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Speech summaries Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial markets, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments
• June 4, 2020

  CFEC Meeting #101 (June 4, 2020)

  Conference call

  Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
• June 4, 2020

  Economic progress report: keeping markets working

  Remarks (delivered virtually) Toni Gravelle Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Sudbury, Ontario

  Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle discusses the Bank’s latest interest rate announcement and explains how efforts to keep financial markets functioning through the COVID-19 crisis will lay a solid foundation for economic recovery

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial markets, Financial stability, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments
• June 3, 2020

  Bank of Canada Announces Changes to Term Repo Operations and Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility

  With substantial improvements in short-term funding conditions recently, as well as reduced participation since mid-April in the Bank’s extended Term Repo and Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) operations, the Bank is making amendments to these programs.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility, Term repo operations
• June 3, 2020

  Bank of Canada maintains target for the overnight rate, scales back some market operations as financial conditions improve

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly ½ percent and the deposit rate is ¼ percent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• June 1, 2020

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (June 8-June 19)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program