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December 21, 2010 Bank of Canada Announces Extension of Expanded Swap Facility with U.S. Federal Reserve
The Federal Open Market Committee has authorized an extension through 1 August 2011, of its temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangements with the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank. The swap arrangements, established in May 2010, had been authorized through January 2011.
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December 17, 2010 Summary of the 2010 Survey on Canadian Foreign Exchange Hedging
Since 2004, the Bank of Canada has undertaken an annual questionnaire with banks that are active in Canadian foreign exchange (FX) markets, including the eleven members of the Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC), to gauge FX hedging activities of Canadian corporate customers. -
December 16, 2010 Results of the 16 December 2010 Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
Today's results of the Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes. -
December 15, 2010 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
The Bank of Canada announced today that it will conduct a Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes. -
December 13, 2010 Perceptions of Low Rates Raise Risks, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney Says
Cyclical and structural factors have led to a low-interest-rate environment, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said today in a speech that reviewed the implications of such an environment for financial stability and economic growth in Canada and globally. -
December 13, 2010 Living with Low for Long
Current turbulence in Europe is a reminder that the crisis is not over, but has merely entered a new phase. In a world awash with debt, repairing the balance sheets of banks, households and countries will take years. -
December 9, 2010 Results of the 9 December 2010 Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes
Today's results of the Term Repo Operation for Balance Sheet Management Purposes -
December 8, 2010 Bank of Canada Announces Details of its Term Repo for Balance Sheet Management Purposes Operation
Primary dealers are asked to submit their bids to the Bank of Canada between 09:15 and 09:30 (ET) on the day of the auction. The results of this operation will be announced on the Bank’s web site by 10:00 (ET). Winning bidders must notify the Bank of Canada of the securities that will be used in the operation by 11:00 (ET) on the day of the auction. -
December 8, 2010 Bank of Canada Announces Closure of Optical Security Material Division and Sale of Related Assets
The Bank of Canada announced today that it is closing its Optical Security Material (OSM) division and selling all of its related assets. -
December 7, 2010 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent.