Press

• April 23, 2020

  Bank of Canada announces asset manager for Provincial Bond Purchase Program

  The Bank of Canada announced today that BMO Global Asset Management was selected as the asset manager for its Provincial Bond Purchase Program (PBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Provincial Bond Purchase Program
• April 21, 2020

  Bank of Canada Announces Further Enhancements to its Term Repo Operations

  Following the announcement of the Bank of Canada’s new market operations to improve market functioning to support its monetary policy actions, the Term Repo terms and conditions have been revised to include term repos up to 24 months.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Term repo operations
• April 20, 2020

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (April 27-May 8)

  As announced on March 27, 2020, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• April 20, 2020

  Results of today’s Canada Mortgage Bond purchase operation

  Today the Bank of Canada purchased $ 321,000,000 of Canada Mortgage Bonds in the secondary market.

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

  Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario

  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins and I welcome the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the Bank’s policy actions in response to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as our Monetary Policy Report (MPR), which we published yesterday. The Canadian economy is experiencing a significant and rapid contraction. The […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Inflation and prices, Monetary policy, Monetary policy transmission, Recent economic and financial developments
• April 16, 2020

  Results of today’s Canada Mortgage Bond purchase operation

  Today the Bank of Canada purchased $ 240,000,000 of Canada Mortgage Bonds in the secondary market.

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

  CORRA illustrative time series updated to include additional data from February to April, 2020

  As announced on February 18, 2020, the Bank of Canada will take over the responsibility for publishing the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA), effective Monday, June 15, 2020.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• April 15, 2020

  Bank of Canada to Introduce a Provincial Bond Purchase Program

  The Bank of Canada today announced its intention to introduce a Provincial Bond Purchase Program (PBPP) to further support the liquidity and efficiency of provincial government funding markets.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Provincial Bond Purchase Program
• April 15, 2020

  Bank of Canada announces increase in the amount of Government of Canada treasury bills it acquires at auction

  The Bank of Canada announced today that, to support continued liquidity and efficient functioning of the federal government’s treasury bill program, it is temporarily increasing the amount of treasury bills it acquires at auctions to up to 40 per cent, effective immediately.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 15, 2020

  Bank of Canada to Introduce a Corporate Bond Purchase Program

  In order to support the efficient and continuous functioning of financial markets, the Bank of Canada is announcing its intention to introduce a Corporate Bond Purchase Program (CBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Corporate Bond Purchase Program