January 23, 2009 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 20 January, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 14-day term PRA transaction for private sector money market instruments. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
October 15, 2008 Results of the 15 October 2008 Term PRA Transaction The results of today's term PRA operations are as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
October 6, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its 91 Day Term PRA Transaction In light of persistent pressures in term lending markets, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 91-day Purchase and Resale Agreement (PRA) transaction as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
October 2, 2008 Results of the 2 October 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes Results of the 2 October 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
September 30, 2008 Bank of Canada to Sell Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes The Bank of Canada announced today it will sell $4.0 billion of its holdings of treasury bills. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
September 23, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Term PRA Transactions As part of its provision of liquidity in support of the efficient functioning of financial markets, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into the following 84-day and 27-day term Purchase and Resale Agreements (term PRA) against an expanded listed of eligible securities:1 Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
September 18, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Term PRA Transaction As part of its provision of liquidity in support of the efficient functioning of financial markets, the Bank of Canada announced today that it will enter into a 28-day term purchase and resale agreement (PRA) as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
September 28, 2009 The Three Rs: Review, Reflect, and Reaffirm Remarks Mark Carney Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce Victoria, British Columbia September is a time to review the past, reflect on the present, and reaffirm goals for the future. Like students who returned to school this month, I will follow this annual discipline today by (i) reviewing the extraordinary events of the past year; (ii) reflecting on the policy response and the current economic outlook; and (iii) reaffirming the Bank of Canada's commitment to price stability. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
Central Bank Performance under Inflation Targeting Staff Working Paper 2007-18 Marc-André Gosselin The inflation targeting (IT) regime is 17 years old. With practice of IT now in more than 21 countries, there is enough evidence gathered to take stock of the IT experience. In this paper, we analyze the inflation record of IT central banks. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Central bank research, Inflation targets, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, E5, E52, E58
June 19, 2008 Capitalizing on the Commodity Boom: the Role of Monetary Policy Remarks Mark Carney Haskayne School of Business Calgary, Alberta We are experiencing a commodity super cycle. Throughout the current boom, the scale of price increases has been higher, and the range of affected commodities broader, than in previous upturns. Since 2002, grain and oilseed prices have more than doubled, base metals prices have tripled, and oil prices have quadrupled. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks