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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates+ \: ?3 r# j, P5 q' y) T# y
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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.7 Y. P0 [* P% b' f; @
: m( w7 k" ^/ b# i! o/ E3 {% cMany 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.
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- C4 z. ?" h! ^) y s6 Y2 o tThe 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. k2 m$ F( g! l' e6 d
: u$ @. u( Z% Y1 ?$ fOn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.6 ` \6 M7 X5 X- N! N5 _7 b) a$ _
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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