Exploring the drivers of the real term premium in Canada Staff Analytical Note 2025-3 Zabi Tarshi, Gitanjali Kumar Changes in the term premium can reflect uncertainty about inflation, growth and monetary policy. Understanding the key factors that influence the term premium is important when central banks make decisions about monetary policy. In this paper, we derive the real term premium from the nominal term premium in Canada. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Research Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods, Financial markets, Interest rates, Monetary policy and uncertainty JEL Code(s): C, C5, C58, E, E4, E43, E47, G, G1, G12
February 5, 2025 Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee CFEC is a senior level industry-wide committee to facilitate the sharing of information between market participants and the Bank on the foreign exchange market.
February 5, 2025 CFEC Releases Results of October 2024 Foreign Exchange Volume Survey The Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) released today the results of its October 2024 semi-annual survey of foreign exchange volumes in Canada. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
Monetary policy, interest rates and the Canadian dollar Staff Analytical Note 2025-2 Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Ingomar Krohn, James Kyeong, Rishi Vala, Konrad Zmitrowicz Changes in domestic interest rates affect the value of the Canadian dollar less than changes in the risk premium do. These variations often occur when a broad shift in risk sentiment occurs in global markets. Ultimately, the value of the currency reflects long-term, slow-moving features of the economies. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Research Topic(s): Asset pricing, Econometric and statistical methods, Exchange rates, Interest rates, Monetary policy JEL Code(s): E, E4, E43, F, F3, F31, G, G1, G12
February 4, 2025 CFIF Meeting (February 4, 2025) Content Type(s): Meetings Source(s): Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
February 3, 2025 Understanding quantitative easing QE is a tool that encourages spending and investment—helping us to achieve our inflation target by stabilizing the economy. Content Type(s): Explainers Research Topic(s): Inflation targets, Monetary policy
February 3, 2025 University of Ottawa crowned National Champion of The Governor’s Challenge The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce the University of Ottawa has won the tenth annual Governor’s Challenge, a national student competition in which teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council. Content Type(s): Press, Announcements Source(s): The Governor's Challenge
January 31, 2025 Reviews and appeals This supervisory policy describes the Bank of Canada’s process to conduct reviews, as set out in the RPAA (a “prescribed review”), and outlines what individuals, entities and payment service providers should expect if they request a prescribed review of a retail payments supervision decision. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Enforcement, Registration
January 31, 2025 Changes to Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility As announced on June 11, 2024, the Bank of Canada made Secured General Collateral (SGC) Notes eligible as collateral under the Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), pending necessary system enhancements. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility
January 31, 2025 Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility The Bank of Canada (the Bank), through its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), provides access to liquidity to those institutions that participate directly in Lynx. Content Type(s): Collateral Policy Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility