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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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( w, @6 p- {" \The Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.2 @2 ^ E% O9 W
& _4 V& t/ `$ l1 DThe 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., D Q9 B5 H; z. B
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The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.( j0 `! ? w3 G
, c. ^2 a) d9 ], }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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, G# b% h: P9 g0 m3 ^2 B! uOn 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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