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• September 8, 2021

  Bank of Canada maintains policy rate, continues forward guidance and current pace of quantitative easing

  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
• September 1, 2021

  Bank of Canada designates Lynx as a systemically important payment system

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has designated Lynx, which is owned and operated by Payments Canada, as a systemically important payment system under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases