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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates/ ^5 g# M! Q+ l
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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.. K& K$ t0 Y( T! K8 L
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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.5 M$ L8 |& E+ T ]: L+ G
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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$ t# D- h( R' A% K& Y4 ~! l& aThe 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.# a; _: u4 c2 T3 H
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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.- r; V v% _' e6 f
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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