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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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. E. A" Q$ ?6 S* lThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.! Q( k8 v# c5 Y/ {. e$ O P# w/ Z
' {8 A* X& e3 A! _4 uThe 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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2 b& w5 i8 h& J: d% RMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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8 f+ V2 L% r' i, }The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions., N; V. H0 j0 c; R; x$ z
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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.+ S0 L. U3 S4 _9 v" w+ h( b3 v
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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 b! f) y5 l/ {7 L
/ p/ i0 M# D- r D2 j6 I4 S. W; y; J( qhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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