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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates; z$ {5 t6 \7 D4 S9 r- V( u/ _
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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./ M5 B( F/ g; Y$ r5 ~' D U& q" o4 V
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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.5 @. B+ s' O6 V8 F
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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1 X% d) p1 \& a9 \+ J' vThe 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.
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* G1 q" I& g M6 T8 b1 j, f* B3 k4 b1 VOn 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.5 T4 d; ^, P& V S- ]
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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