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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.+ w7 s+ [$ n$ K! B3 _
0 K" m4 _. W y n5 U7 l- b/ KThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.$ [0 r: U1 B8 z/ s7 L
, E. `' L! Q# t$ F/ pMany 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.5 `4 z5 f2 D. w" ]3 y3 f
% e0 @! i! |2 a% ~" R% [( y( {/ o& q, EThe 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.' X% ]# C) F& @
0 W2 I8 r1 @- T+ `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.& s5 i; A- R( C I) F8 X b) f
' m/ o0 j3 Z: W* zhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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