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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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1 v% A+ w' q7 \8 o4 Y" @& aThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.6 R) ^% U* L# a/ G
/ v% l# H4 X: |) Q" X: }5 VThe 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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, O6 W& K; n, q( l- i7 M6 cMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.: j3 L& I2 }; {% x& g8 u
: S. f9 L O7 u" \' K2 J8 yThe 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." e/ {( q' }# x# i( I1 s
( j, W$ l$ @3 l4 FOn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April., U3 C3 v: X. U' Q
s/ ^. O3 }7 A8 s" Y$ x8 M. z; b# thttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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