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$US/Can closing rate

Overnight rate

Inflation

 

Rates and Statistics

Daily Digest

Date format = dd/mm/yy

Exchange rates    [ + more ] 18/03/10 19/03/10 +/-
$Can/US closing rate 1.0137 1.0164 + 0.0027
$Can/US noon rate 1.0139 1.0155 + 0.0016
$US/Can noon rate 0.9863 0.9847 - 0.0016
CERI * 118.71 118.66 - 0.05
CERI excluding USD 120.75 121.14 + 0.39
Money market    [ + more ] 17/03/10 18/03/10 +/-
Overnight rate 0.2413% 0.2450% + 0.0037
Target for the overnight rate 0.25% 0.25% 0.00
Overnight repo rate (CORRA) 0.2290% 0.2403% + 0.0113
Corporate paper, 1 month 0.35% 0.35% 0.00
Treasury bill, 1 month 0.15% 0.18% + 0.03
Bankers' Acceptances, 1 month 0.33% 0.33% 0.00
Inflation    [ + more ] 01/10 02/10 +/-
Inflation-control target range 1—3 1—3 --
Total consumer price index ** 1.9% 1.6% - 0.3
Core consumer price index ** 2.0% 2.1% + 0.1
Interest rates    [ + more ] 10/03/10 17/03/10 +/-
Prime business rate 2.25% 2.25% 0.00
Conventional mortgage, 5 year 5.39% 5.25% - 0.14
Bond yields    [ + more ] 17/03/10 18/03/10 +/-
GoC marketable bonds, +10 yr 3.97% 3.94% - 0.03
GoC benchmark bonds, 3 yr 1.90% 1.86% - 0.04
Real return bond, long term 1.59% 1.56% - 0.03

* Canadian-dollar effective exchange rate index
** 12-month per cent change