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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates+ D1 j. [) v$ r$ Z4 b# X
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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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The central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.4 }+ W& Q: P3 i [# [6 Z9 }8 E! `
- u. f; H) w+ [/ H6 a* [6 dMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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, H$ Z7 G9 E' M TThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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/ g" {; N8 s) Z* g5 W" Z. kThe 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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& X6 y/ @* s* L2 K K( lhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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