March 20, 2008 Operational Changes to the Bond Buyback Program As announced in the Debt Management Strategy 2008-2009, minor operational changes will be made to the bond buyback program to broaden the eligible basket of securities available for buyback operations. The changes are as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 20, 2008 Results of the 20 March 2008 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 11, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces New Term PRA Transactions as part of Co-ordinated G10 Central Bank Actions Since the co-ordinated actions taken in December 2007, the G10 central banks have continued to work together closely and to consult regularly on liquidity pressures in funding markets. Pressures in some of these markets have recently increased again. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
February 26, 2008 Summary of Comments - 2008/09 Debt Strategy Consultations Today, a Summary of Comments on the Debt Strategy Consultations for 2008/09 is being published on the Bank of Canada's website in conjunction with the release of the government's Debt Management Strategy for 2008/09 on the Department of Finance's website. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
January 18, 2008 Changes in Minimum Bank of Canada Nominal Bond Purchases at Auctions Section 5.1 of the Statement of Policy Governing the Acquisition and Management of Financial Assets for the Bank of Canada's Balance Sheet states that "The Bank's holdings of Government of Canada nominal bonds and treasury bills are structured to broadly reflect the composition of the federal government's stock of nominal domestic marketable debt." Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
January 7, 2008 Summary of the Survey on Canadian Corporate Foreign Exchange Hedging Each year since 2004, the Bank of Canada has undertaken a questionnaire with banks that are active in the Canadian dollar foreign exchange market through offices in Toronto and/or Montréal. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
January 4, 2008 Update on monitoring of short-term funding markets On 12 December 2007, the Bank of Canada announced that it would enter into term purchase and resale agreements (term PRAs) extending over the calendar year with maturities on 4 January and 10 January 2008. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 23, 2007 Bank of Canada welcomes restructuring announcement by Pan-Canadian Investors Committee The Bank of Canada welcomes the announcement that an agreement-in-principle has now been reached among parties to the Montreal Accord for the restructuring of non-bank asset-backed commercial paper. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 18, 2007 Results of the 18 December 2007 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 17, 2007 Bank of Canada provides final details of 18 December Term PRA operation announced 12 December Today, the Bank of Canada provided the final details of the 18 December term purchase and resale agreement (term PRA) operation Content Type(s): Press, Market notices