OTTAWA - Canada’s federal banking regulator says it’s lowering its domestic stability buffer to three per cent from 3.5 per cent, a move it says will give the country’s six largest banks greater flexibility to deploy capital.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions says it’s the first change to the domestic stability buffer since June 2023 and takes effect today.

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