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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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. ?4 t b6 e$ E# ~( G6 B( c$ RThe Bank of Canada gave the market a surprise on Tuesday as it left a key interest rate unchanged amid inflation worries.5 L! {6 t! u$ O, `
$ @5 t E# V) Q8 G' F8 IThe 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.5 v( b: T& e$ G' r9 v" o$ E
, _ J' F' z( A, r+ jThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.$ X. o5 ]+ l% s8 J6 S6 ^, [
4 N2 f5 V2 z: L* ^% w; k# F" c$ z; wThe 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." y% b' Z" F U' m) 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.7 R1 P9 G k H3 Z
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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