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Bank of Canada holds line on interest rates
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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.9 `- P2 P7 i& |2 E8 Y) |6 p% G1 m
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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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7 k2 G: h6 G! U8 i6 x0 ^0 OMany economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point.
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8 ]* T3 k. ?! [8 J" i4 kThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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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.! |$ O: O/ m0 q2 g7 q5 z
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On the other hand, inflation pressures are building, with oil topping at a record $139 US a barrel last week. Food prices also took a big jump in April.
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" F, T/ Y; H4 u$ D! phttp://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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