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This is a logo used by the Bank of Canada that they use to distinguish themselves.

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This is an image of the new polymer Bank of Canada Bank notes released which are stronger than ever helping reduce the amount of bills that get ruined due to heavy usage.

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This is a photo of the Bank of Canada and shows the massive scale of the building.

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Polymer Notes Released by the Bank Of Canada 

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Polymer Notes Released by the Bank Of Canada 

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The new polymer notes are the strongest notes released and this video shows how they are superior to the old paper notes and how they test the strength of the notes.

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Canada's New Polymer Bank Notes—Made to Last

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Video via Youtube by the Bank of Canada
This video shows how the Bank of Canada fights fraud. Such as how the notes are difficult to counterfiet due to their material. Also by informing the public about the counterfiet problem and increasing their knowledge. Most of the counterfiets are made by people of organized crime. This video also shows people how to check security features.

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Cash is a popular means of payment and that creates opportunities for counterfeiters. Canadian bank notes have security features that are easy to check and hard to counterfeit. However, polymer and paper bank notes are secure only if you check these features.

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The fourth of the four main areas of responsibility include; Government Banker and Treasury Manager who are responsible for almost all the money collected and spent by the government. Foreign Exchange Reserves,  These reserves provide liquidity for the government and help to promote good conditions in the Canadian-dollar foreign exchange market. Debt Management  consists largely of outstanding government securities such as treasury bills and marketable bonds.

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The Bank of Canada is the "fiscal agent" for the Government of Canada. This role includes multiple responsibilities, such as Banker and Treasury Manager, managing Canada's foreign exchange reserves and retail (domestic) debt, and providing advice to Canada's Department of Finance on the retail debt program.

Government Banker and Treasury Manager

The Bank manages the accounts of Canada's Receiver General, through which almost all money collected and spent by the government flows. The Bank ensures that these accounts have enough cash to meet daily requirements and invests any surpluses in term deposits.

Foreign Exchange Reserves

The Bank also manages the government's foreign exchange reserves. These reserves provide general liquidity for the government and help to promote orderly conditions in the Canadian-dollar foreign exchange market. On very rare occasions, the Bank may directly intervene in the market to counter disruptive short-term movements in the Canadian dollar.

Debt Management

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. The Bank provides policy advice to the government on the efficient management of this debt and sells the securities at auction to financial market distributors and dealers. The main goal of the Bank's debt-management activities is to help provide stable and low-cost funding to the government.

Retail Debt

As fiscal agent for the government, the Bank is responsible for servicing and maintaining the outstanding retail debt (Canada Savings Bonds, Canada Premium Bonds) on behalf of the Department of Finance, including operations and system support services, accounting, and communications activities.

Browse and filter Bank of Canada articles, research papers and publications about the Bank's funds-management activities.

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The Bank of Canada is the "fiscal agent" for the Government of Canada. This role includes multiple responsibilities, such as Banker and Treasury Manager, managing Canada's foreign exchange reserves and retail (domestic) debt, and providing advice to Canada's Department of Finance on the retail debt program.

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The third of the main 4 areas of responsibility. The Bank of Canada is responsible with issuing currency and their strategy relies on 4 main ways. Developing bank notes that are difficult to fake and easy to recognize, increasing the verification of bank notes in public, promoting the deterrance of counterfiets, and focusing on production and shelf life of the bank notes.

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Our currency has come a long way. And it's going even further. The new polymer notes look and feel quite different, but they're a good change for Canadians. They are highly secure, durable and innovative.

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Our currency has come a long way. And it's going even further. The new polymer notes look and feel quite different, but they're a good change for Canadians. They are highly secure, durable and innovative.

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The second of the main four areas of responsibility. This system includes financial institutions such as banks and credit unions financial markets and clearing and settlement systems. Its by the financial system that commercial activities such as debit cards and credit cards, borrowing and investing, and cheques and emoney is managed.

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This issue of the Financial System Review reflects the Bank's judgment that the high level of household indebtedness and housing market imbalances remain the most important vulnerabilities.

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This issue of the Financial System Review reflects the Bank's judgment that the high level of household indebtedness and housing market imbalances remain the most important vulnerabilities.

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The first of four main areas of responsibility. The main function of this is to preserve the value of money by maintaining the inflation rate through small target ranges. This is also achieved through adjusting short term interest rates Another function is to modify exchange rates best suited for Canada's economic circumstance.

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The Objective

The objective of monetary policy is to preserve the value of money by keeping inflation low, stable and predictable. This allows Canadians to make spending and investment decisions with more confidence, encourages longer-term investment in Canada's economy, and contributes to sustained job creation and greater productivity. This in turn leads to improvements in our standard of living.

Canada's monetary policy framework consists of two key components that work together: the inflation-control target and the flexible exchange rate. This framework helps make monetary policy actions readily understandable, and enables the Bank to demonstrate its accountability to Canadians.

The Inflation-Control Target

At the heart of Canada's monetary policy framework is the inflation-control target, which is two per cent, the midpoint of a 1 to 3 per cent target range. First introduced in 1991, the target is set jointly by the Bank of Canada and the federal government and reviewed every five years. However, the day-to-day conduct of monetary policy is the responsibility of the Bank's Governing Council. The inflation-control target guides the Bank's decisions on the appropriate setting for the policy interest rate, which is aimed at maintaining a stable price environment over the medium term. The Bank announces its policy rate settings on fixed announcement dates eight times a year.

Target for the overnight rate

The target for the overnight rate, also known as the key policy interest rate, is the interest rate that the Bank expects to be used in financial markets for one-day (or "overnight") loans between financial institutions. This key rate serves as the benchmark that banks and other financial institutions use to set interest rates for consumer loans, mortgages and other forms of lending.

Influencing short-term interest rates

To achieve the inflation target, the Bank adjusts (raises or lowers) its key policy rate. If inflation is above target, the Bank may raise the policy rate. Doing so encourages financial institutions to increase interest rates on their loans and mortgages, discouraging borrowing and spending and thereby easing the upward pressure on prices. If inflation is below target, the Bank may lower the policy rate to encourage financial institutions to, in turn, lower interest rates on their loans and mortgages and stimulate economic activity. In other words, the Bank is equally concerned about inflation rising above or falling below the target. Such an approach guards against both high inflation and persistent deflation.

Monetary policy actions take time

Monetary policy actions take time - usually between six and eight quarters - to work their way through the economy and have their full effect on inflation. For this reason, monetary policy is always forward looking and the policy rate setting is based on the Bank's judgment of where inflation is likely to be in the future, not what it is today.

Canada's Flexible Exchange Rate

Canada's flexible exchange rate, or floating dollar, permits us to pursue an independent monetary policy that is best suited to Canada's economic circumstances and is focused on achieving the inflation target. Movements in the exchange rate also provide a "buffer," helping our economy to absorb and adjust to external and internal shocks.

A backgrounder explaining the role of the exchange rate in Canada's economy.

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The objective of monetary policy is to preserve the value of money by keeping inflation low, stable and predictable. This allows Canadians to make spending and investment decisions with more confidence, encourages longer-term investment in Canada's economy, and contributes to sustained job creation and greater productivity.

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Welcome to my Padlet! This will be based on the functions of the Bank of Canada.

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Welcome to my Padlet! This will be based on the functions of the Bank of Canada.