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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates. J% |6 @' Z. Y* r! I; g7 s
/ O% s4 }. B, P. Y" p! I/ O2 uThe 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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' c9 U8 q: H6 j- |1 i: x; G# H% hThe 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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* o ?4 M2 d0 y1 ~% ~2 v/ g& [Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.0 r) [" G6 E3 W" V
2 r4 y! A; ^1 dThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.- D* g1 [5 i! G8 \, a* n7 R( \& F
2 l8 T$ n7 Z0 Y# NThe 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 e# O _2 H4 n+ T# T- iOn 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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- L! X- v/ y2 k5 ]/ O+ Ihttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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