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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.1 o0 p/ B7 c2 P5 b
/ Q9 J9 L3 ~6 Z: j( {9 t2 _9 ?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.
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+ b4 L8 Z- `7 k. P% lThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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4 y# N1 @7 G+ E( \% [( B: [2 g: J2 c. tThe 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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. z' ^( n# y: POn 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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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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