November 3, 2008 Bank of Canada announces senior appointments in new internal structure Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario In order to hone its focus on a safe and sound financial system, reinforce research, and streamline management processes, the Bank of Canada has realigned responsibilities and made a series of senior appointments to lead its work in monetary policy, financial stability, management of the Government of Canada's funds, and Canadian bank notes. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
November 3, 2008 Bank of Canada to Sell Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes The Bank of Canada announced today it will sell $0.85 billion of its holdings of treasury bills. This transaction will partially offset the temporary increase in assets associated with the term purchase and resale transactions announced today. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 3, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Term PRA Transactions Since 19 September 2008, the Bank of Canada has extended $26 billion in seven Purchase and Resale Agreement (PRA) operations to provide liquidity to Canadian term lending markets. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 1, 2008 A Festschrift in Honour of David Dodge's Contributions to Canadian Public Policy Proceedings of a conference held by the Bank of Canada, November 2008 (proceedings volume, available in electronic and print formats) Content Type(s): Conferences and workshops
October 31, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Term PRA Transactions for Private Sector Money Market Instruments In accordance with the 14 October 2008 announcement of new measures to provide liquidity to the Canadian financial system, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into 14-day term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) for private sector money market instruments on the following dates: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
October 30, 2008 Results of the 30 October 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes Results of the 30 October 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
McCallum Rules, Exchange Rates, and the Term Structure of Interest Rates Staff Working Paper 2008-43 Antonio Diez de los Rios McCallum (1994a) proposes a monetary rule where policymakers have some tendency to resist rapid changes in exchange rates to explain the forward premium puzzle. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Interest rates, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): E, E4, E43, F, F3, F31, G, G1, G12, G15
October 28, 2008 Results of the 28 October 2008 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
October 27, 2008 Summary of the Survey on Canadian Corporate Foreign Exchange Hedging Each year since 2004, the Bank of Canada has surveyed banks that are active in the Canadian-dollar foreign exchange market. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
October 27, 2008 Results of the 27 October 2008 Term PRA Transaction for Private Sector Money Market Instruments The results of today's term PRA operations. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices