December 1, 2008 Bank of Canada to Sell Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes The Bank of Canada announced today it will sell $0.90 billion of its holdings of treasury bills. This transaction will partially offset the temporary increase in assets associated with the outstanding term liquidity facilities. Details of the transaction are as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 1, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Future Term PRA Transactions Since 19 September 2008, the Bank of Canada has conducted eleven Purchase and Resale Agreement (PRA) operations to provide liquidity to Canadian term lending markets. The Bank will continue to extend term liquidity to the market and today is publishing the schedule of its term PRA operations to the end of January. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 1, 2008 Results of the 1 December 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
December 1, 2008 Results for the 1 December 2008 Term Loan Facility The results of today's TLF operation are as follows: Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
December 1, 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 today's 14-day Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments is 2.775%. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 28, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Future Term Loan Facility Transactions The Bank of Canada is publishing today the schedule of its Term Loan Facility (TLF) transactions to the end of January. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 28, 2008 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Future Term PRA Facility for Private Sector Money Market Instruments The Bank of Canada is publishing today the schedule of its term Purchase and Resale Agreements (PRA) for private sector money market instruments to the end of January. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
November 27, 2008 Fostering Financial System Stability Remarks Pierre Duguay Pictou County Chamber of Commerce Pictou, Nova Scotia The Canadian financial system has fared relatively well through this crisis, thanks to effective regulation and prudent practices that have worked like sandbags to protect our financial system from the storms in today's global economy. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
November 27, 2008 Results of the 27 November 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills for Balance Sheet Management Purposes Results of the 27 November 2008 Sale of Treasury Bills. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
A Survey and Risk Analysis of Selected Non-Bank Retail Payments Systems Staff Discussion Paper 2008-17 Nikil Chande Payment services offered by non-banks have flourished in recent years. The author provides an overview of the different kinds of non-bank retail payments schemes currently available in Canada, illustrating each by focusing on a specific example. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Financial services, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): D, D1, D14, G, G2, G20