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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates$ Q+ m- r W6 s. e+ u) b2 ?( q
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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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The 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.6 t. P4 N3 q; y" K/ D y' i
/ m& a) Z, B* ?1 M5 bThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.$ r3 u# K6 x8 P& z! Y
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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. L2 O' F6 H8 N! J% d5 Z
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On the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.$ v+ T2 ]0 x9 L7 d; o& M4 |
' V5 y1 R4 S. Q& xhttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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