November 11, 2008 Conference Summary: International Experience with the Conduct of Monetary Policy under Inflation Targeting Bank of Canada Review - Winter 2008-2009 Philipp Maier Central bankers from inflation-targeting and non-inflation-targeting countries around the world and several distinguished scholars assembled at the Bank of Canada in July 2008 to review the international experience in some detail. This article highlights topics covered in the special lectures and sessions, including how inflation targeting can manage external shocks, various ways in which monetary policy decisions are taken, and the issues of transparency and communications. It also reports on the discussion in the closing panel, which considered options for the future of inflation targeting. Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Central bank research, Inflation targets, Monetary policy framework
November 10, 2008 Results of the 10 November 2008 Term PRA Transaction for Private Sector Money Market Instruments The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 10, 2008 The Quest for Confidence: 400 Years of Money – from La Nouvelle France to Canada Today Remarks Pierre Duguay students and faculty of Laval University Québec, Québec As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec, I thought it would be fitting for me, as a central banker, to take a look at how money has evolved over part of the past four centuries. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
November 10, 2008 Results of the 10 November 2008 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 10, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments The minimum bid rate for 14-day Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments is 2.980%. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
The Role of Foreign Exchange Dealers in Providing Overnight Liquidity Staff Working Paper 2008-44 Chris D'Souza This paper illustrates that dealers in foreign exchange markets not only provide intraday liquidity, they are key participants in the provision of overnight liquidity. Dealing institutions receive compensation for holding undesired inventory balances in part from the information they receive in customer trades. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Financial markets, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): D, D8, D82, F, F3, F31, G, G2, G21
November 7, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its 28 Day Term PRA Transaction In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 3 November, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 28-day term PRA transaction as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 6, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions for private sector money market instruments announced on 31 October, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 14-day term PRA transaction for private sector money market instruments as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 6, 2008 Results of the 6 November 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes Results of the 6 November 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 5, 2008 Bank of Canada establishes period for temporary eligibility of non-mortgage loan portfolios for collateral purposes Further to the Bank's announcement on 14 October 2008 of new measures to provide liquidity to the Canadian financial system as part of the G7 action plan, the Bank has established the period for the temporary eligibility of non-mortgage loan portfolios for collateral purposes. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices