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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 b$ _4 h3 I% c, A, `- x
3 R* X" ]' F! p' K* l; SThe 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., X) j4 _+ v% u7 e) Y% I7 u1 s
0 P/ |0 K8 f* ]5 [; K/ {: O3 _- EThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.$ r9 p" f, g; _* [
, L6 C k/ i# r. aThe 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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$ m# [1 g8 o, q, X0 n/ sOn 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.7 a6 v! n% [" k7 B9 a7 ]& h. U
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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