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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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5 L+ H6 [4 |: D& U: D' v. ZThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries., `2 q% W( @! J2 C; _2 K
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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.
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; ^; G4 X, O# u& YMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point. C w; h6 n+ \: f% M
9 a* d2 q! Z+ d- {# c9 }% ^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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|6 I0 c/ t8 f6 \2 pOn 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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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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