Canadian balance sheet shrinks as liquidity programs expire
The Bank of Canada's balance sheet shrank by C$7.2 billion ($7.2 billion) last year after expanding by C$24.7 billion in 2008, its Annual Report, out Thursday, revealed.
The central bank said that the size of its balance sheet fell from C$78.6 billion to C$71.4 billion as of the end of 2009.
The figures point to the degree to which the Canadian financial system has normalised following the financial crisis. The central bank closed some of its crisis-fighting open-market operations last autumn as
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