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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates& g5 B/ j3 h) Z/ O1 p
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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.$ F8 X' r. B2 @& `
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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6 F. k' N) s% e. V! J( {The Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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. [& D& i* c+ n+ z( X( ?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.
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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.0 {8 S5 I+ e& g
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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