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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates( M+ ]0 L0 n! R9 v3 F+ z. z
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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.. B t n. g& e* i
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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.
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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- l4 {4 Y7 }) mThe 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.2 q, H# {$ b5 D, h4 k" D3 b
" f4 [" m( ^: m' p' a0 K: ROn 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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) b% C+ N3 E3 d9 R& ?6 [4 }http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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