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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates$ r& l' S: e/ F: h& L6 R
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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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The central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.( f1 h8 P! \! i$ r
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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1 t/ c; |, L# a; R+ Z8 ]3 DThe 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.% p1 k& M0 Q7 p8 a2 E4 r' p @4 Y
0 `3 d' G+ A: b& O) ?! }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.5 f! o6 u+ x) b" a# x6 N% W
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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