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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.
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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.' U& G. b+ y" y$ @; F. E! S6 o) F* B
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Many economists had forecast a cut of a quarter of a percentage point." `' |# Z: J# j& C6 u1 U8 g, \7 }
) B" \+ C4 ]3 w+ S6 L: IThe Bank of Canada is currently grappling with mixed signals — a slowing economy and inflation tensions.
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, V6 I7 W# F, g& dThe 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.* ], [- w3 |* p7 R
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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.* E1 b9 _' R# _2 c( n* D
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/10/bankdecisionrate.html |
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