March 15, 2010 Results of the 15 March 2010 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
March 12, 2010 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term PRA Operation In accordance with the schedule of term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) auctions announced on 19 January (see schedule), the Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a term PRA operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
February 16, 2010 Results of the 16 February 2010 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
January 27, 2010 Bank of Canada Confirms Expiration of Temporary Swap Facility with U.S. Federal Reserve In coordination with other central banks, the Bank of Canada confirms the expiration of its US $30 billion swap facility with the Federal Reserve on 1 February 2010. This facility, which was established to counter pressures in global funding markets, is no longer needed, given the improvements in financial market functioning seen over the past year. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
February 8, 2010 Promoting Canada’s Economic and Financial Welfare Presentation Pierre Duguay Lévis Chamber of Commerce Lévis, Quebec Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
Deriving Agents' Inflation Forecasts from the Term Structure of Interest Rates Staff Working Paper 1995-1 Christopher Ragan In this paper, the author uses the term structure of nominal interest rates to construct estimates of agents' expectations of inflation over several medium-term forecast horizons. The Expectations Hypothesis is imposed together with the assumption that expected future real interest rates are given by current real rates. Under these maintained assumptions, it is possible to […] Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Interest rates
December 7, 1998 The Canadian economy and monetary policy in unsettled times Remarks Gordon Thiessen Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce Victoria, British Columbia When the Asian crisis erupted in the summer of 1997, few observers anticipated that international financial markets would still be under its influence more than a year later. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
November 16, 1998 Bank of Canada Governor comments on release of the Monetary Policy Report Media Relations Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen today commented on the release of the Monetary Policy Report for November 1998. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
November 5, 1998 Government of Canada Pilot Bond Buyback Program Launch: Operational Framework Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario On behalf of the Minister of Finance, the Bank of Canada announced today the operational framework for the previously announced pilot bond buyback program. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
May 27, 1998 Bank of Canada Governor speaks at La Conférence de Montréal Media Relations In a speech delivered today to delegates to La Conférence de Montréal, Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen examined the impact of financial market globalization on the world economy. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases