March 18, 2020
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March 18, 2020
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.
Additional Temporary Changes to the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility Collateral Policy Regarding the Non-Mortgage Loan Portfolio and Settlement Balances
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Standing Liquidity Facility
March 18, 2020
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
Operational details for the upcoming Expansion of the Bank of Canada’s Bond Buyback Program
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March 17, 2020
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).
Operational details on the Bank of Canada’s Bankers' Acceptance Purchase Facility
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Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
March 17, 2020
Today the Bank of Canada purchased $ 46,000,000 of Canada Mortgage Bonds in the secondary market through a competitive tender process.
Results of today’s Canada Mortgage Bond purchase operation
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Canada Mortgage Bond Purchase Program
March 16, 2020
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.
Operational details for the Bank of Canada’s purchase of Canada Mortgage Bonds (CMBs) in the secondary market
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Canada Mortgage Bond Purchase Program
March 16, 2020
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.
Temporary Changes to the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) Collateral Policy Regarding the Non-Mortgage Loan Portfolio (NMLP) and Settlement Balances
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Standing Liquidity Facility
March 16, 2020
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.
New Bank of Canada Measures to Support Key Funding Markets
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Standing Liquidity Facility
March 13, 2020
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).
Bank of Canada’s Intention to Introduce a Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
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Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
March 12, 2020
In order to support the continuous functioning of financial markets through the provision of liquidity, the Bank of Canada announced two measures today.
Bank of Canada Announces the Expansion of its Bond Buyback Program and Term Repo Operations
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Term repo operations