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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates4 t" j& Y' q! S# \
( ]8 S7 [5 w2 AThe 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.
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3 a1 z7 Y2 Y# J/ _Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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, v- | d7 j- P$ W( ]/ u/ ~. j6 }The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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3 s5 G" X# \& d4 U3 F% 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.: Y7 Q5 b. ?8 Q( X6 S
9 V: X9 j$ t% s: TOn 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.- p2 O% F r) T) w+ ^
5 K& o! b6 X8 _http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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