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Market Notices
Bank of Canada announces amendments to targeted facilities and programs that support liquidity and short-term funding markets
Changes to the Frequency of Government of Canada Treasury Bills auctions
Operational details for upcoming secondary market purchases of Government of Canada securities (November 9-20)
CARR’s mandate expanded to include analysis of CDOR
Upcoming Events
Panel: Tiff Macklem, Governor
Panel: Carolyn A. Wilkins, Senior Deputy Governor
Speech: Toni Gravelle, Deputy Governor
Interest Rate Announcement
Christmas Day
Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
CFEC is composed of senior officers from financial institutions actively involved in Canada’s foreign exchange market and the Canadian dollar market globally.
Along with CFEC members, the Bank of Canada is committed to adhering to the FX Global Code, a set of principles generally recognised as good practice in the wholesale foreign exchange market. To this end the Bank of Canada has issued its Statement of Commitment.
Canadian Fixed-Income Forum
CFIF is a senior level industry-wide committee established by the Bank of Canada to discuss developments in fixed-income market structure and functioning, market practices, and related policy issues.
Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group
CARR was created to identify and seek to develop a new term risk-free Canadian dollar interest rate benchmark.
About Financial Markets
Financial markets consist of markets for money, bonds, equities, derivatives, and foreign exchange. They are one of the three elements of Canada's financial system.
Market Operations and Liquidity Provision
The Bank of Canada has a number of permanent facilities used to conduct market operations.
Government Securities Auctions
The government's public debt consists largely of outstanding government securities, such as treasury bills and marketable bonds. The Bank sells the securities at auction to financial market distributors and dealers.
Calls for Tenders and Results
The government's public debt (also called domestic debt or federal debt) consists largely of outstanding government securities, such as treasury bills and marketable bonds.
Selected Treasury Bill Yields
1, 3, 6 and 12 month treasury bill data.
Bank of Canada Holdings
This document sets out the policy governing the acquisition and management of domestic financial assets for the Bank of Canada’s balance sheet.