On the Federal Day of Mourning for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the Bank of Canada will postpone the auction of 10-year Government of Canada bonds that was scheduled for Monday, September 19.
The 10-year bond auction will now take place on Thursday, September 22. As a result, the 5-year bond auction scheduled for September 22 has been postponed to Monday September 26. The 2-year bond auction, which will take place on Thursday September 15, will take place on September 19 as previously planned. The quarterly bond schedule will be updated to reflect these changes.
The Bank will carry out on September 19 all other regular operations that support the main payment and settlement systems as well as the financial markets. The Bank of Canada notes that Payments Canada will operate Canada’s clearing and settlement systems on September 19. As such, the Bank will provide support in the normal course of such critical financial market infrastructure. In addition, to promote the orderly functioning of the Government of Canada securities market and to support the effective implementation of monetary policy, the Bank will engage in securities repurchase transactions (SROs) and reverse repurchase transactions. one day.
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