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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates3 P3 y5 X& }4 S% ?! U
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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.* x( x1 b4 }8 C9 t# F0 ]! ]& h" l
; G' p% ?" Z4 _1 @% I$ PThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent. y2 K1 R) r/ ?' U
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.# [9 u7 d( z, R/ {! H1 ?
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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' @3 ?+ e, r& L+ {& a! r- XThe 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 d3 A7 m [3 }2 [2 QOn the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.! \9 U1 @2 e) W7 |+ b& b3 _1 Z- H9 q$ V
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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