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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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( b/ O5 t, E( fThe 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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% d4 ?6 D, Z; |Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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a; s$ Q% c. z' X: D' V% E4 M) T' b9 `& wThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.+ Y% T# ]5 L7 d1 ], A2 `
% M! J% U2 k& w6 EThe 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 h$ B& y' v9 }# V' 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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