December 4, 2000
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December 1, 2000
A consultation document on issues relating to the design and operation of government debt programs over 2001-2002, prepared jointly by the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada, is being made public today.
Market Views Sought on Issues Relating to the Design and Operation of Government Debt Programs over 2001-02
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November 29, 2000
On behalf of the Minister of Finance, the Bank of Canada announced today that the government will be proceeding on a pilot basis with a bond buyback program for cash management purposes. The program is designed to reduce the peak levels of government cash balances needed to redeem large upcoming maturities of Government of Canada marketable bonds. Design of the operational framework has been based on consultations with market participants.
Government of Canada Pilot Cash Management Bond Buyback Program Launch: Operational Framework
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November 28, 2000
The Bank of Canada today announced its intention to temporarily add assets to its balance sheet to offset the anticipated $2 billion to $3 billion seasonal increase in the demand for bank notes. These operations have no monetary policy significance.
Bank of Canada to Offer Term SPRAs and May Purchase BAs over Year-end
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November 9, 2000
Release of the Monetary Policy Report
Opening statement
Gordon Thiessen
This morning we released our latest Monetary Policy Report. In the six months since the May Report, our economy has outperformed expectations, spurred by strong domestic and foreign demand for Canadian products. We now expect that growth will average 5 per cent in 2000 and 3 to 4 per cent in 2001. Despite this stronger-than-anticipated […]
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November 9, 2000
Bank of Canada releases semi-annual Monetary Policy Report
The Bank of Canada today released its twelfth semi-annual Monetary Policy Report in which it discusses economic and financial trends in the context of Canada’s inflation-control strategy. The Monetary Policy Report is published every May and November.
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October 30, 2000
Bank of Canada releases dates for announcing Bank Rate actions
The Bank of Canada today made public the dates through the year 2001 on which it will announce any changes to the official interest rate it uses to implement monetary policy. Last month the Bank outlined its plan to adopt a new system of pre-set or "fixed" dates for announcing changes to the Bank Rate, […]
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October 17, 2000
Can a Bank Change? The Evolution of Monetary Policy at the Bank of Canada 1935–2000
Over this period, there has been a fundamental transformation in the way monetary policy is conducted in Canada and in most other industrial countries. While globalization and technological change have played an important role in this area, as in so many others, they have not, to my mind, been the principal driving force behind this transformation. Far more important has been the interaction of experience and economic theory.
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September 26, 2000
Bank of Canada to issue new bank notes
The Bank of Canada will issue a new series of bank notes beginning in January 2001 to further enhance the security of Canada's currency.
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September 21, 2000
The Government announced in the 2000-01 Debt Management Strategy that it was implementing the bond buyback program on an ongoing basis.
Government of Canada to expand bond buyback operations
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