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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates( m) y: M% N0 u- D z# d9 K
: x% Z+ e; S$ ^' sThe 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.8 L7 m4 v* I2 @, G `6 S
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.+ B c, L# x/ \ o5 z
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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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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2 M } q q1 o) [7 ^" d$ X' 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.1 ^7 q5 X+ L' F; H6 N0 S
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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