Bank of Canada adds negative rates to toolkit

Central bank publishes new monetary policy framework when interest rates are low

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Bank of Canada

The effective lower bound on the Bank of Canada's overnight rate is around -0.5%, according to the central bank's "best estimate" – some 75 basis points lower than its last guidance on the topic in 2009.

On December 8, the central bank published a new framework for conducting monetary policy at low interest rates. The three-page document spells out its latest thinking on the tools at its disposal.

In the last document of its kind, published in April 2009, the bank concluded positive interest

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