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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.
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5 m- v1 X# L3 f2 V: \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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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.) k$ H9 H0 P. H+ P0 d: R
2 X- b6 A! _; r+ e2 V; H. }% R( YThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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4 O0 e, i. n4 C% 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.
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6 u$ U0 a' H( _( l$ AOn 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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