Reuters: US Dollar Report: UPDATE 1-Canada to sell more long-term bonds to lock in rates

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UPDATE 1-Canada to sell more long-term bonds to lock in rates Sep 27th 2012, 20:26 Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:26pm EDT * Says move driven by long-term rates near historic lows * Extension of strategy announced in March budget OTTAWA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The Canadian government plans to do more borrowing using long-dated bonds to take advantage long-term yields that are near historic lows, the finance department and the Bank of Canada said on Thursday. The move was described as an extension of plans announced in the March budget. At that time, the finance department said it would increase temporarily its issue of 10-year bonds in the coming fiscal year to take advantage of low rates. The yields on 10- and 30-year Canadian government bonds sank to record lows this year as investors, fearing the fallout of Europe's debt crisis, bought more defensive assets. "Given this environment, it is both advantageous and prudent for our government to lock in additional long-term funding," Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in a statement. "These adjustments help us meet our goal of raising stable and low-cost funding to meet the financial needs of our government to best serve taxpayers." The central bank, which handles government debt auctions, made the announcement as it released its auction schedule for the next three months. It said that for the remainder of the fiscal year that ends on March 31, 2013, it would: - hold an additional 10-year bond auction in the final quarter of the fiscal year - hold an additional 30-year nominal bond auction - possibly increase the size of the 10-year and 30-year nominal bond auctions. It said that for the rest of the fiscal year it would halt 30-year bond buyback operations on a cash basis; and would conduct one additional 30-year bond buyback operation on a switch basis in the last quarter of the fiscal year. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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