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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates e, I% Q) y: C/ C
. I* w6 f+ f- G+ T/ @: hThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.
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9 N7 {/ J$ [9 {The central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent./ a6 N; |- E: ^; o
8 a1 j/ P( Q+ lMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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! P2 I) c# ?# A* Q( j; ZThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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The country's GDP unexpectedly contracted by 0.3 per cent annualized in the first quarter. Housing is cooling, last month's job-creation figures were the lowest this year and a couple of recent surveys show consumer confidence in Canada has fallen to a six-year low.& R3 P7 b3 p) q3 r2 b
3 T$ z0 J ~/ D, w3 v( qOn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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