Market Notices

• October 31, 2013

  Bank of Canada and other central banks announce that Existing Temporary Bilateral Liquidity Swap Arrangements will be converted into Standing Arrangements

  The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank announced on Thursday that their existing temporary bilateral liquidity swap arrangements are being converted to standing arrangements, that is, arrangements that will remain in place until further notice.

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• October 2, 2013

  Debt Management Strategy Consultations - 2014-15

  The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking views of government securities distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on issues related to the design and operation of the Government of Canada’s domestic debt program for 2014-15 and beyond.

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• September 5, 2013

  Consultation on Planned Changes to Conditions for Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF)

  Following a regular review of the Bank’s policy in relation to Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank is planning to introduce new concentration limits for private sector and municipal securities.

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• August 20, 2013

  Changes to the Terms and Conditions Governing the Morning Auction of Receiver General Cash Balances

  The Bank of Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, today announced changes to the Terms and Conditions Governing the Morning Auction of Receiver General Cash Balances (the Terms), effective 1 April 2014.

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• July 22, 2013

  Addition of One Primary Dealer for Government of Canada Treasury Bills

  The Bank of Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, announces the addition of one new primary dealer for Government of Canada treasury bills.

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• July 19, 2013

  Bank of Canada announces higher target for settlement balances to reinforce the target for the overnight rate

  Effective Monday, 22 July 2013, the Bank is increasing the target for the minimum daily level of settlement balances to $250 million, from its current level of $25 million. This measure will remain in effect until further notice.

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• March 21, 2013

  Summary of Comments - 2013-14 Debt Management Strategy Consultations

  The Summary of Comments - 2013-14 Debt Management Strategy Consultations is being published on the Bank of Canada’s website in conjunction with the release of the government’s Debt Management Strategy for 2013-14.

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• February 13, 2013

  Publishing CORRA on the Family Day holiday

  The Bank’s Head Office will now be closed each year for the provincial Family Day holiday. The Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) will not be published on that day.

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• January 17, 2013

  Bank of Canada Announces Change in Receiver General Cash Balances Auction Timeline

  The Bank of Canada announced today that as a result of the change in the publication time of policy interest rate announcements to 10:00 ET , that effective 23 January 2013, the Government of Canada bidding deadline for Receiver General Cash Balance auctions will be 10:15 ET on policy rate announcement dates.

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• December 21, 2012

  Results of the 21 December 2012 Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes

  Results of today's term repo for balance sheet management purposes operation.

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