What we do The Canadian Fixed-Income Forum (Forum) is a senior level industry-wide committee established by the Bank of Canada to discuss developments in fixed-income market structure and functioning, ...

The situation is by no means unique to Canada—several other countries have observed similar trends. So, does this mean that Canadians are giving up on cash? The short answer is no. Canadians still ...

Since issuing its first series of bank notes in 1935, the Bank of Canada has issued four commemorative bank notes. Each commemorative note marks an important milestone for the reigning monarch or a ...

The Bank's responsibilities under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act Since 1996, Canada’s Payment Clearing and Settlement Act (PCSA) has conferred on the Bank of Canada specific responsibilities ...

The number of new low-ratio mortgages for home purchases has declined, beginning in the second half of 2017 and continuing through the first half of 2018. In the first quarter of 2018, old qualifying ...

To check whether Canadian dollar exposures have changed over time, we use exactly the same model as in Verdelhan (2015), but we estimate using five years of data, starting in 1983 and rolling this ...

Source: Bank of Canada Federally-regulated credit unions and subsidiaries of non-bank financial institutions are excluded from the universe of chartered banks for the purposes of the Banking and ...

Details of unmatured outstanding issues for global bonds and domestic marketable bonds, as at month-end.

1. Includes Overnight Repo and Term Repo Operations. [←] 2. Includes Government of Canada Accounts held at the Bank of Canada, plus non-market bonds held by the Canada Pension Plan. [←] 3. Effective ...

Readability formulas At its broadest, the concept of readability includes not just the written text itself but also aspects such as the layout, visual elements and context. For example, the Bank’s web ...

Introduction Foreign demand for Government of Canada (GoC) bonds has increased rapidly since the financial crisis. This sudden interest by foreigners in the GoC market is associated with external ...

Source: Bank of Canada, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) Canada’s commercial banking system consists of privately owned banks that have been chartered by Parliament or ...