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OPEN MARKET [7 records]

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Record 1 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Banking
CONT

For the purposes of its open-market operations, the Bank of Canada is empowered to buy and sell in the open market from or to any person, either in or outside of Canada, securities, cable transfers, bankers' acceptances, and bills of exchange of the kinds and maturities that are defined as eligible for rediscount, with or without the endorsement of a chartered bank. In practice, open-market dealings are confined to Canadian investment dealers and financial institutions, and are transacted almost exclusively in Canadian government securities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Banque
DEF

[...] marché monétaire animé par la banque centrale qui fournit à l'ensemble des banques les liquidités dont elles ont besoin, en échange des effets acceptables par elle.

OBS

Le terme «open market» est un anglicisme couramment employé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 2 2012-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Bank of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Banque du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Opérations commerciales effectuées dans des conditions de pleine concurrence.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Operación comercial en condiciones de plena competencia.

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Record 4 2003-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Financial Institutions
OBS

Policy committee in the Federal Reserve System that sets short-term monetary policy objectives for the Fed.

OBS

At frequent intervals, ... the Open Market Committee is meeting to decide whether to pump more Reserves into the banking system by buying Treasury bills (i.e., short-term bonds) or longer bonds; or whether to tighten things up a little by selling government securities.

Key term(s)
  • Federal Reserve Open Market Committee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Institutions financières
OBS

Comité fédéral d'open market du Système fédéral de réserve des États-Unis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités nacionales no canadienses
  • Instituciones financieras
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Record 6 2002-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Procédé d'action sur les liquidités des banques qui permet un contrôle souple du marché monétaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
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Record 7 2001-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Investment
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

Transactions by the Bank of Canada to influence money supply and interest rates and thus to help implement monetary policy by buying and selling government securities, such as government bonds and treasury bills.

OBS

Since 1995, such transactions have involved mostly special purchase and resale agreements and sale repurchase agreements.

Key term(s)
  • open-market operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Investissements et placements
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Intervention discrétionnaire de la Banque du Canada sur le marché des valeurs canadien.

OBS

Terme habituellement au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • opérations sur le marché libre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Inversiones
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

Ventas o compras de valores de la propia cartera de un banco central que se realizan con el fin de dar liquidez y controlar el sistema monetario.

Key term(s)
  • opéración de mercado abierto
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