September 30, 2015 Bank of Canada Margin Call Practice for Domestic Market Operations For transactions outstanding against securities purchased or sold under a term purchase and resale agreement, the Bank values the securities daily, and compares that value to the contract valuation to ensure the Bank is adequately protected.
On the Nexus of Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: Recent Developments and Research Staff Discussion Paper 2015-7 Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Miguel Molico, Ben Tomlin Because financial and macroeconomic conditions are tightly interconnected, financial stability considerations are an important element of any monetary policy framework. Yet, the circumstances under which it would be appropriate for the Bank to use monetary policy to lean against financial risks need to be more fully specified (Côté 2014). Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Financial stability, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): E, E0, E4, E44, E5, E52, E58, G, G1, G18
February 3, 2016 Opening Statement before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Opening statement Stephen Murchison Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Ottawa, Ontario Stephen Murchison discusses the causes and economic impact of movements in the Canadian dollar exchange rate. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
February 2, 2016 Results of the 28-day 2 February 2016 Term Repo Operation Results of today's term repo operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
January 29, 2016 Weekly Financial Statistics - 29 January 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
January 29, 2016 Bank of Canada Announces Higher Target for Settlement Balances to Reinforce the Target for the Overnight Rate Effective Friday, 29 January 2016, the Bank is increasing the target for the minimum daily level of settlement balances to $500 million, from its current level of $150 million. This measure will remain in effect until further notice. Content Type(s): Market notices
January 28, 2016 Banking and Financial Statistics - January 2016 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Banking and Financial Statistics
January 28, 2016 Change to the Standard Terms for Auctions of Government of Canada Marketable Bonds and Terms and Conditions Governing the Morning Auction of Receiver General Cash Balances The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada have updated the rule for determining the coupon rates of Government of Canada nominal bonds. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
A New Measure of the Canadian Effective Exchange Rate Staff Discussion Paper 2016-1 Russell Barnett, Karyne B. Charbonneau, Guillaume Poulin-Bellisle Canada’s international competitiveness has received increasing attention in recent years as exports have fallen short of expectations and Canada has lost market share. This paper asks whether the Bank of Canada’s current effective exchange rate measure, the CERI, is still an accurate measure of Canada’s international competitiveness. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Research Topic(s): Exchange rates, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F3, F31