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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.! s8 N# {) E" p$ s8 n- P& c, I
( |% U. N; d$ r& I7 FThe central bank left the overnight rate — what the country's big banks charge each other for overnight loans — steady at three per cent.1 H$ \' g* B3 c9 M8 q4 {% v7 Y
8 j( I. d& r5 @2 SMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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* i4 v# @% B2 _; J8 u3 J" T$ tThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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( }0 G S& ~+ H4 t3 ?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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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.
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, E3 X3 C) h/ V* I( Uhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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