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August 10, 2020
Bank of Canada designates Interac e‑Transfer as a prominent payment system
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has designated Interac e‑Transfer® as a prominent payment system under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act, effective August 10, 2020. This brings Bank oversight to this payment system and ensures it remains a safe, viable and effective method of payment for Canadians.
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July 30, 2020
Bank of Canada publishes its 2021 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and other major publications, makes change to effective date of rate decisions
The Bank of Canada today published its 2021 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and the release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report. It also reconfirmed the scheduled interest rate announcement dates for the remainder of this year.
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July 15, 2020
Bank of Canada will maintain current level of policy rate until inflation objective is achieved, continues program of quantitative easing
The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent.
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June 30, 2020
Bank of Canada partners with the Bank for International Settlements to launch innovation centre
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Bank of Canada announced today they will be launching a BIS Innovation Hub centre to advance fintech innovation within the central banking community.
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Digital currencies and fintech
June 15, 2020
Bank of Canada becomes administrator of Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average
The Bank of Canada is now the administrator of the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) and will post today the first rate calculated using an improved methodology.
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June 3, 2020
Bank of Canada maintains target for the overnight rate, scales back some market operations as financial conditions improve
The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly ½ percent and the deposit rate is ¼ percent.
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May 25, 2020
Risk management approach will help guide policy through unknowable times, Governor Poloz says
A risk management approach to monetary policy will help guide the Bank of Canada’s actions as the economy goes through extreme uncertainty stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today.
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May 6, 2020
The Bank of Canada Releases Its Annual Report for 2019
The Bank of Canada’s Annual Report for 2019 was tabled in the House of Commons today.
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May 1, 2020
Tiff Macklem Appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada
The Directors of the Bank of Canada, appointed under Section 9 of the Bank of Canada Act, today announced that they have appointed Tiff Macklem as Governor of the Bank of Canada for a seven-year term, effective 3 June 2020.
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