Press

• April 30, 2021

  Bank of Canada announces changes to securities repo operations

  In line with its objectives to support core funding markets and to foster the well-functioning of the Government of Canada securities market, the Bank of Canada is announcing changes to securities repo operations (SROs).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Securities Repo Operations
• April 27, 2021

  Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial stability, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments
• April 27, 2021

  Bank of Canada becomes inaugural member of new, international Central Bank Network for Indigenous Inclusion

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Joint statement from the Bank of Canada, Te Pūtea Matua (Reserve Bank of New Zealand) and the Reserve Bank of Australia.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 21, 2021

  Bank of Canada statement on Monetary Policy Report embargo breach

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada expects all media organizations to respect the embargo conditions for its key publications.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 21, 2021

  Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision and the MPR.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• April 21, 2021

  Press Conference: Monetary Policy Report – April 2021

  

  

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report — Press conference by Governor Tiff Macklem (11:00 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• April 21, 2021

  Bank of Canada will hold current level of policy rate until inflation objective is sustainably achieved, adjusts quantitative easing program

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• April 19, 2021

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (April 26-May 7)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program
• April 6, 2021

  Bank of Canada to begin publishing CORRA Compounded Index

  As administrator of the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA), the Bank of Canada (Bank) will begin publishing the CORRA Compounded Index effective April 6, 2021.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
• April 5, 2021

  Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (April 12-23)

  As previously announced, the Bank of Canada (the Bank) launched on April 1, 2020 a program to purchase Government of Canada securities in the secondary market – the Government Bond Purchase Program (GBPP).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Government of Canada Bond Purchase Program