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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.
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) l, R" U" M7 F/ t: |# MThe 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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7 r& {- M$ b! kMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point." Y. @- E4 ? g. r6 W3 |
+ S! c4 m/ l0 `5 r3 _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.# {& c+ y: t/ x/ G# L
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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.8 O1 @( g# e+ x6 ^: j9 ?' c* }
. F, t! N1 j( Y3 ?8 hhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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