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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates, N2 @) z5 E; {3 w) s- Q
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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.% X8 @$ s9 A1 f7 n! ^
B2 ]" j$ J( c9 q' q) y$ eThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.! @7 ^' [- b. G9 e
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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# u c: `+ t) Z$ TThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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: c* c. O2 D U/ U2 {The 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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" x0 R+ H* ^* _( O# FOn 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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