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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.
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0 A) `$ I7 G/ a2 x' R& {( Z$ h0 PThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.: G8 ]$ p5 w) f, d
2 n. r- P, b z3 sMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.' L# s8 z5 t6 P
# f5 m4 W3 i" G7 H4 V- {& MThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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! K& u" r( \! ]) U4 y5 I2 P' BThe 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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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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