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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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: @% \0 t" N; ~) OThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.; k% [3 a3 H- v: J$ u' o8 f# P
/ E' {: [# Q% H$ o jThe 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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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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5 P0 ~0 L, J1 ]; P( E% [8 z& T$ R [The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.( I0 I3 ?7 \1 {3 W$ U/ `" y
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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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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.' e% J2 X5 \- `4 F, @' G* t# `
( w: t5 M( X& x Y, m. H( shttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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