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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates+ }1 y" t% Y9 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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# k8 ?9 X w* [! l. Y! nMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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+ B9 i+ i# n- A/ ]. ?7 G& {9 Z: F4 KThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.+ P' i9 ?/ |: f
5 w9 d3 w% z1 \# U9 kThe 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% E' s8 n: @) p( h
$ P; v. H# U5 f) k0 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.- W# Y. [( X9 C9 u1 U. \, G
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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