COVID-19: Key announcements

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

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.

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