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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates2 ?/ c& ~( I% k
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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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The central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.1 k% ~" N% {5 E, V. H/ f
$ u: ?, {' p- d: uMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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% Z8 q: t8 T# a8 _# t& O% XThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.' W2 [5 e O% m# k2 z
8 \6 \9 \" J5 L8 ~' d# OThe 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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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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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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