March 18, 2020 Press Conference Opening Statement – March 18, 2020 Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada has been working hard to ensure the financial system has sufficient liquidity so that credit continues to be available to businesses and households. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
March 18, 2020 Operational details for the upcoming Expansion of the Bank of Canada’s Bond Buyback Program Consistent with the announcement that the Bank of Canada (the Bank), acting as fiscal agent, will extend its buybacks across all benchmark maturity sectors, The Bank is announcing today the following operations for this week and next week Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 17, 2020 Operational details on the Bank of Canada’s Bankers' Acceptance Purchase Facility As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (Bank) will conduct secondary market purchases of 1-month Bankers’ Acceptances issued and guaranteed by any Canadian bank and of sufficiently high quality, broadly equivalent to a minimum short-term credit rating of R-1 (low), under the Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF). Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility
March 17, 2020 Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility: Terms and conditions Read the terms and conditions of the Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility.
March 17, 2020 Results of today’s Canada Mortgage Bond purchase operation Today the Bank of Canada purchased $ 46,000,000 of Canada Mortgage Bonds in the secondary market through a competitive tender process. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canada Mortgage Bond Purchase Program
March 17, 2020 Summary of Deliberations of Governing Council, March 13, 2020 Governing Council’s decision to cut interest rates on Friday, 13 March, 2020 took place under unique circumstances. As such, Governing Council is offering this statement of its reasoning from the decision of March 13. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
March 16, 2020 Operational details for the Bank of Canada’s purchase of Canada Mortgage Bonds (CMBs) in the secondary market Consistent with the announcement that the Bank stands ready, as a proactive measure, to provide support to the Canada Mortgage Bond (CMB) market, the Bank will purchase CMBs in the secondary market through a competitive tender process. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canada Mortgage Bond Purchase Program
March 16, 2020 Temporary Changes to the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF) Collateral Policy Regarding the Non-Mortgage Loan Portfolio (NMLP) and Settlement Balances Under its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), the Bank of Canada is prepared to provide liquidity on a daily basis to financial institutions that participate directly in the payments systems operated by Payments Canada. Loans made by the Bank of Canada must be fully collateralized. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility
March 16, 2020 New Bank of Canada Measures to Support Key Funding Markets The Bank of Canada is committed to supporting the efficient and continuous functioning of financial markets during the current period of uncertainty in which conditions are evolving rapidly. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility
March 15, 2020 Coordinated Central Bank Action to Enhance the Provision of Global U.S. Dollar Liquidity The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing a coordinated action to enhance the provision of liquidity via the standing U.S. dollar liquidity swap line arrangements. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases