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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.5 R# y/ G5 O( U9 G# b
, l# p, g1 j! i1 D! _( hThe 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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$ c8 ^& ~! `; W0 T. ZMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.' _0 o9 H' g W0 G
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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.( R9 g3 Y4 ?- ^: ~/ D" m2 z6 m7 b
1 q/ o& V' L( NOn 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.- p8 s, U7 h- j6 u* p1 @
* H" C9 R' h: ]http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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