Press

• November 29, 2000

  Government of Canada Pilot Cash Management Bond Buyback Program Launch: Operational Framework

  On behalf of the Minister of Finance, the Bank of Canada announced today that the government will be proceeding on a pilot basis with a bond buyback program for cash management purposes. The program is designed to reduce the peak levels of government cash balances needed to redeem large upcoming maturities of Government of Canada marketable bonds. Design of the operational framework has been based on consultations with market participants.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
• November 28, 2000

  Bank of Canada to Offer Term SPRAs and May Purchase BAs over Year-end

  The Bank of Canada today announced its intention to temporarily add assets to its balance sheet to offset the anticipated $2 billion to $3 billion seasonal increase in the demand for bank notes. These operations have no monetary policy significance.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• November 9, 2000

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen

  This morning we released our latest Monetary Policy Report. In the six months since the May Report, our economy has outperformed expectations, spurred by strong domestic and foreign demand for Canadian products. We now expect that growth will average 5 per cent in 2000 and 3 to 4 per cent in 2001. Despite this stronger-than-anticipated […]

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• November 9, 2000

  Bank of Canada releases semi-annual Monetary Policy Report

  Media Relations

  The Bank of Canada today released its twelfth semi-annual Monetary Policy Report in which it discusses economic and financial trends in the context of Canada’s inflation-control strategy. The Monetary Policy Report is published every May and November.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases