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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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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.2 c- |( X( A+ {8 e2 ?% k8 E1 t; D
8 z* Y0 t4 M0 B; p7 a4 C0 G. s RThe 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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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point." Q1 T/ t5 F$ I- u; _- R9 [+ ?
- r& k) K/ q4 m- |" x" {2 Z6 fThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.# ~) c# S+ i6 Q/ x
) J0 e( K% M# M7 ^+ PThe 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.: N4 O. G7 k1 h6 h+ |/ [; ^3 e9 Q
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On 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.' L \! c) q4 j, z' q0 K
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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