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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates* F& F5 U5 V4 `% H' s- c
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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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3 x4 @' a" Y8 F0 V2 a% QThe 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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5 r1 q" }5 D; I& i# k( sMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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/ e' h# k3 A& T/ lThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.# A, `5 ~7 |( _: o% `3 f
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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.2 L# |1 G: U3 z$ Q l* l* V; Q
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On 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 ?, F; L: A- |http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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