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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." [& j6 x8 C b( ~
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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.: r7 `2 u+ {" i" D
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.; V/ D7 V3 Y( e6 G- e. ^
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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9 M; f: n( L6 q- X5 c* d$ }3 |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.2 T# T* } t$ u
: G# W2 N3 \3 P, {0 j7 c7 T; A {8 wOn 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.2 X. o2 a/ n" Y% V; m& e
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