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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates2 E# T" O% h" y3 \
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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.4 l, T8 y( P/ V: \
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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.. t8 W) r4 Z2 A* Z$ }4 ]8 K3 k
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.$ s- l' f4 X m: P3 O9 o
- z4 C6 b0 C) S6 h! F1 N) _9 BThe 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.
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+ q) J) r5 K+ `- E* j, U: Q; QOn 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.0 {9 }: ?/ l/ E+ C; Z9 ]
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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