December 22, 2015 Preliminary Quarterly Term Repo Schedule The Bank of Canada today announced its preliminary January to March 2016 quarterly schedule for its term repo program. The Bank will announce each operation separately and may modify the schedule, including introducing operations for different terms. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 22, 2015 Results of the 30-day and 85-day 22 December 2015 Term Repo Operation Results of today's term repo operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 22, 2015 Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for Today's Term Repo Operation Bank of Canada Announces the Minimum Bid Rate for today's Term Repo Operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 21, 2015 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo Operations The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a term repo operation. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 18, 2015 Weekly Financial Statistics - 18 December 2015 Content Type(s): Publications, Historical: Weekly Financial Statistics
December 15, 2015 Release of the Financial System Review Opening statement Stephen S. Poloz Ottawa, Ontario Press conference following the release of the Financial System Review. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Topic(s): Credit and credit aggregates, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Housing, Regional economic developments, Sectoral balance sheet
December 15, 2015 Bank of Canada says housing vulnerabilities have edged higher, but financial system remains resilient Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario Vulnerabilities in the housing sector have edged higher, the Bank of Canada said today in its Financial System Review (FSR), while the overall level of risk to Canada’s financial system has remained roughly unchanged since June. The Bank continues to identify two key vulnerabilities related to the Canadian household sector: the elevated level of household […] Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
December 15, 2015 Indebted Households and Potential Vulnerabilities for the Canadian Financial System: A Microdata Analysis Financial System Review - December 2015 Gino Cateau, Tom Roberts, Jie Zhou Over the past decade, an increasing proportion of households in Canada have become highly indebted relative to their income. These highly indebted households now hold one-fifth of total Canadian household debt.Simulations suggest that this greater degree of household indebtedness could exacerbate the impact of shocks to income and interest rates relative to the pre-crisis period. However, an assessment of the vulnerability of the Canadian financial system should, among other factors, account for the ability of Canadian financial institutions to withstand losses from the household sector. Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles Topic(s): Credit and credit aggregates, Financial stability, Housing, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): D, D1, D14, E, E5, E51