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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates+ ?% j( o; X$ r& e8 P
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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.3 I8 C# k2 m9 j# Y
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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.0 [9 B* ? M1 K& N. z- D+ E) n
0 ?5 X4 i* q* z a( }0 WMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions., Q& \/ D1 B& g7 N
1 l& O" e8 `, d: t; s6 L- l( A; p' lThe 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.# q: T2 o" ^; m1 H3 y5 L0 P, T* Z
! u" ]* U \# j3 ^7 aOn 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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/ u) K" E# ] C8 k, O shttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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