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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates$ J" `8 {6 R% p9 k; f" o' i
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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.6 N5 M+ ^3 @4 J4 @0 J! n p+ w% X
$ G' h4 u4 u1 q0 iThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.- a% G, @/ w5 W9 S1 _' J! D5 h
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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* N9 J5 R9 G8 I% U; r$ D: ZThe 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.1 x8 b @9 u- |( g+ Z1 ^
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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.
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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