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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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, l% K4 ^' @6 e* X# P2 n* _ aThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.7 m& b. Z8 w8 M# f8 U$ z1 l+ j) H
; Y/ x) T, q* C; n% oThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.
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, K5 c* v7 ]- q, `) W' D! z: P a4 KMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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% t, R, }7 {8 Q8 {: `8 WThe 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.
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% N* ?# _, b* h# j9 |On 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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