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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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The 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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! }5 y2 {' f. r% {The 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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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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1 i; q# z) J( p3 EThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.% ], D0 p6 P3 x7 {- `' r2 X4 m
! y5 y: ~/ ], ~3 J) oThe 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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% Y+ _2 R0 j: G; hOn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April., p% w6 @2 f. R$ D5 P! v* G
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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