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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates. n" f& H' c. u6 R
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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.# _2 \) L# J9 b. u
+ d+ W' m$ Q# n' M- S# ]) lMany 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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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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5 a+ n5 m, I% z# S+ h( EOn 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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2 q5 b& a! |. F% R( P y. F- qhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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