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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates# R. r0 E! l8 [1 u0 u
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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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* J/ o" q2 D, I4 }. X4 p" M" w: vThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.% d/ p4 {1 h! O, u K3 S
8 E& D% d) [* }, s4 T+ HMany 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.2 c( K Y6 S' A2 `/ b
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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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+ f1 M1 O- c1 M, b) ^: dOn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.! l/ v7 l" p% A1 T: d0 s
1 o5 K$ ^0 l7 [; S7 B; M3 @% hhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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