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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.9 C4 v8 X0 X Y
. @2 }6 @; h9 w$ i; aThe 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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+ @4 x; U; K' rMany 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. S3 }' R, \8 h, `* j* n8 {" a1 V
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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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. E9 i6 \# ?; L( q) M* w" I VOn 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./ J1 w, l3 ]0 w- f7 F0 Z
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